Mortensen, Dr. Th: On the

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Mortensen, Dr. Th : On the "Solitaire" of the Island of Rodriguez

(Leiden: N.V. Boekhandel en Drukkerij, formerly E. J. Brill, 1933)

Offprint from ARDEA, year XXII, instalment --2, 1933. Author's presentation inscription to K. H. Barnard, curator of the South African Museum, on upper cover. 245 x 161 mm; printed saddle-stitched wrappers; pp. [21-29]; monochrome illustrations in text; plates. Wrappers somewhat browned; a little foxing. Good to very good condition. In this work, the author provides evidence of the existence of the Solitaire, a flightless bird akin to the dodo, which was found on Rodriguez (Rodrigues) until the end of the 1700s.

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