THE DODO QUERIES

There is no mention of the Solitaire as inhabiting Bourbon, either in Père Brown's letter or in the *Voyage de l'Arabic Heureuse*, from whence the notice of the Oiseau Bleu was extracted. I have since seen Dellon, *Rélation d'un Voyage des Indes Orientales*, 2 vols. 12mo. Paris, 1685, in which there is a brief notice of the Isle of Bourbon or Mascarin; but neither the Dodo, the Solitaire, or the Oiseau Bleu are noticed. The large Bat is mentioned, and the writer says that the French who were on the island did not eat it, but only the Indians. He also notices the tameness of the birds, and says…