XV. On the Dodo (Part II.).— Notes on the Articulated Skeleton of the Dodo (Didus ineptus, Linn.) in the British Museum .
1872; Wiley; Volume: 7; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês
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ResumoThe Transactions of the Zoological Society of LondonVolume 7, Issue 8 p. 513-525 XV. On the Dodo (Part II.).—Notes on the Articulated Skeleton of the Dodo (Didus ineptus, Linn.) in the British Museum. First published: January 1872 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1872.tb00031.xCitations: 4 Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. vi. p. 49. I mistook that rib-like bone for onc of the dorsal ribs in my former Memoir; the body of the restored rib (pl. 16. fig. 2) and the detached portion of the rib (figs. 9, 9 a) are portions of the “pubic bones.” Professor A. and Mr. E. Newton, “On the Osteology of the Solitaire, &c.” Phil. Trans. 1869, pls. 17 & 18, figs. 66, 68–70. Future references to this interesting and instructive Memoir will he made under the letter N.; those to my own Memoir, of 1866, on Didus by the letter O. In other respects the last of the three anchylosed dorsal vertebm in Pezophaps does “bear a great general resemblance to the same bone in Didus.” N., p. 332. O., p. 53. N., p. 334. N., p. 338. N., p. 338. N., p. 338. K., p. 332. N., p. 334. In this, as in my former paper, I adhere to the usual characters of the sacrum afforded by coalescence. Messrs. Newton are influenced by its extent—and where it leaves the ribs free, reckon such vertebræ as “dorsal.” Accordingly my “first sacral” is their “last dorsal.” Anchylosis, like most of the characters of the classes of vertebræ in anthropotomy, is an artificial one, and might justify the ascription to the Columbacei or “Gemitores” of four sacrums, viz, “caudal,”“pelvic,”“lumbar,” and “dorsal;” for the vcrtebræ answering to the lumbar and anterior caudals in Mammals and Reptiles are massed with the interacetabular or proper pelvic vertcbræ into one extensive and complex bone. N., p. 317. N., p. 347. “The bone of their wing grows greater towards the extremity, and forms a little round mass under the featilers, as big as a lnusliet ball.” Quoted by Messrs. Newton at p. 350 of their memoir. Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. iv. p. 187, pl. 55. ‘ Dodo and its Kindred,’ 4to, 1848, Pls. 11 & 15. Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. iv. p. 191. One of these specimens is alluded to by the Nessrs. Newton as follows:—“In addition to these eighteen specimens, we are informed that in 1860 or 1861 a tibia, the shaft of a tarsometatarsal, and some fragments of the shaft of a femur, all of which belonged to the Solitaire, were sent to Professor Owen by M. Bouton of the Museum at Mauritius; but the fate of these specinlens is unknown to us.” They arc referred to in the following letter:— “8 Great Ormond Street, Queen Square, W.C. “18th December, 1860. “Dear Sir,—By the last ‘Overland’ from Mauritius I received from the Curator of the Museum of Port Louis the two fragments of bones, which he suspects to be those of the Dodo, and he is anxious to have your opinion in the matter. Under these circumstances I have taken the liberty of sending them to you just as they came to me on Saturday last. The Curator writes me: ‘ Je les ai trowés dam la Collection du Muséum déposés à côté d'ossements fossiles de Tortues rccueillies dans un dépôt Calcaire aux Qoatre Cocos, à Flacq, à une petite distance de la mer. No. 1 me parait be rapprochcr à la figurc 1, planche xv. de Strickland, et dans ce cas serait un fragment du tibia droit du Solitaire; No. 2 se rapproche de la figure 2 a de la planche xv. de Strickland. Ce scrait dans ce cas le métatarse droit auquel il manquerait une portion de Particulation inférieure et la totalité de l'articulation supérieure.,., s'ils sont ce que je les crois être, je vous pric dc me les renvoyer cnsuite quad ils seront examinés.’ “As my friend mentions the district of Elaeq, I know that several fossil remains have been found there; and some years ago when I was in the island, I and other friends made an examination of the locality in order to find some remains of the Dodo, at the request of Mr. Strickland, who was them preparing his excellent work on the Dodo, &c. “If, therefore, you will do me the favour to give me your opinion on the fragments I now take the Iiberty of sendiug you, such an opinion from so high an authority will set the matter at rest. “I remain, dear Sir, “Very truly yours, (Signed) “James Morris.” “Professor Owen, &c. &c.” The fragment of the tibia marked No. 1, included the distal particular end and part of the shaft of that bone: No. 2 mas rightly recognized by M. Bouton. Both portions belonged to the Pezophaps minor, Str. So named, they were returned to the Museum at Port Louis, Mauritius. The first and sole evidence of Messrs. Newton's interest in these fragments reached me with their memoir. Any previous inquiry would have, at once and most readily, received the reply given in the present note. No portion of femur, and no entire tibia, were sent to me. This is mutilated in the specimen figured in Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. iv. pl. 55. fig. 6. The insertions of “the strong ligamentous aponeurosis” formed by the confluence of the tendons of the gastrocnemius internus and gastrocnemius externus (Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. iii. p. 294) arc represented in pl. 32. fig. 2, R, and in fig. 1; also in pl. 35. R***, of that volume, in Apteryx australis. The ridges termed “gastro-cnemial” mark the lines of insertion of this strong aponeurotio sheath for the tendons of the deeper-seated muscles, chiefly flexors of the toes. Annals and Magazine of Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. vol. iii. 138. Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. iii. p. 240. Ib. pl. 28. figs. 1 & 2. “Cf. Gegenbanr, Arch. für Anat. und Physiol. 1863, pp. 450–472; Untersuchungen zur vergleichenden Anatomic der Wirbelthiere (4to, Leipzig, 1864), pp. 93–108, pl. 6.” “The posterior surface of the calcaneal process is broad, triangular, vertically grooved, and perforatcd at its base” (loc. cit. p. 52). Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. iii. p. 243 (1843); and see ib. vol. iv. pl. 45. fig. 2 (metatarsus of immature Dinornis crassus). lb. vol. iv. p. 3 (1850). AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. 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