Hi Dan,
Having worked on dodo and solitaire bones for decades, so I could very easily identify them. The Hancock Museum has a history with both dodo and solitaire, but more so with the dodo, so my guess is that they belong to the dodo.

By coincidence, I am working on juvenile/winter plumage specimens of the great auk, and wondered if could work on your specimen, which is by far the most important. I would be happy to visit and I could ID your potential dodo/solitaire specimens at the same time.

Let me know what you think?
All the best,
Julian Hume
From: Taylor, Christine <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 27 November 2019 23:57
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Hi Julian,

Are you able to help Dan?

Many thanks

Christine

 

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Sent: 26 November 2019 16:46
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Subject: Dodo or Solitaire?

 

Hello all,

 

I’m looking for some advice.

 

Our collection has a number of post-cranial bones and bone fragments that are labelled as Dodo specimens from Mauritius.

 

However, archive material relating to these bones suggests that they may belong to the related (and equally extinct) Solitaire of the nearby island of Rodrigues.

 

What would be the best way to find out if they’re Dodo or Solitaire bones? Is there a book or paper that could help me do this by eye, or would doing some DNA work be possible? If so, who’d be the best people to approach about this?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Dan

 

Dan Gordon

Keeper of Biology

The Great North Museum: Hancock

Barras Bridge

Newcastle upon Tyne

UK

NE2 4PT

 

Tel: +44 (0)191 277 2346

Tel: +44 (0)191 208 5119 (Tues)

 

 

 

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