Dodo and its Kindred

Name: Dodo and its Kindred
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108078313
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Or The History, Affinities, and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire, and Other Extinct Birds of the Islands Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon

Autor: Hugh Edwin Strickland, Alexander Gordon Melville

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Well versed in natural history, particularly geology and ornithology, Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811–53...

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Autor

Hugh Edwin Strickland, Alexander Gordon Melville

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2015

Pagini

178

EAN

9781108078313

ISBN

1108078311

Enbook ID

05341455

Editura

Cambridge University Press

Greutate

460

Dimensiuni

210 x 299 x 16

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Well versed in natural history, particularly geology and ornithology, Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811–53) became fascinated by the dodo and mankind's influence on its extinction. Seeking to investigate this flightless bird and other extinct species from islands in the Indian Ocean, he invited the comparative anatomist Alexander Gordon Melville (1819–1901) to help him separate myth from reality. Divided into two sections, this 1848 monograph begins with Strickland's evaluation of the evidence, including historical reports as well as paintings and sketches, many of which are reproduced. Melville then analyses the osteology of the dodo and Rodrigues solitaire, describing his findings from dissections of the few available specimens and making comparisons with similar species. A seminal work, it correctly concluded that the dodo was more closely related to pigeons than vultures, and the book also inspired others to take up the search for new fossil evidence.

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Dodo and its Kindred

Or The History, Affinities, and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire, and Other Extinct Birds of the Islands Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon

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