{"product_id":"9780253001030","title":"The Dodo and the Solitaire: A Natural History","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis account of two extinct bird species offers “an amazing amount of history, references, facts, maps, and illustrations” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e(\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dodo and the Solitaire\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive book to date about these two famously extinct birds. It contains all the known contemporary accounts and illustrations of the dodo and solitaire, covering their history after extinction and discussing their ecology, classification, phylogenetic placement, and evolution.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Both birds were large and flightless and lived on inhabited islands some five hundred miles east of Madagascar. The first recorded descriptions of the dodo were provided by Dutch sailors who encountered them in 1598—and within a century, the dodo was extinct. So quickly did the bird disappear that there is insufficient evidence to form an entirely accurate picture of its appearance and ecology, and the absence has led to much speculation. This extraordinary book pieces together the story of these two lost species from the fragments that have been left behind.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “An up-to-date and comprehensive review of everything we know about the dodo and solitaire.” —\u003ci\u003eJournal of Verterbrate Paleontology\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120343269616,"sku":"9780253001030","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253001030_p0.jpg?v=1769914647","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253001030","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}