Research Note

Excerpt from Memoir on the Dodo (1866)

Richard Owen, Memoir on the Dodo (1866)

This illustration appears in Richard Owen's Memoir on the Dodo (1866), one of the foundational works documenting the history and anatomy of the dodo.

Owen compiled historical accounts, illustrations, and skeletal discoveries into a single volume, preserving many early descriptions of the species that might otherwise have remained scattered across centuries of natural history literature.

If the history of the dodo interests you, it's well worth seeking out.

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