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Extinct Birds reviews.

The Guardian. February 19th 2012

Sunday Express. April 15th, 2012

The Dodo’s changing Image.

The following list includes articles for a general audience in addition to scientific papers with PDF links where available requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader.

· Hume, J.P., Martill, D., & Hing, R. (2018). A terrestrial vertebrate palaeontological review of Aldabra Atoll, Aldabra Group, Seychelles. PlosOne https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192675

· Hume, J.P., Steel, L., Middleton, G., & Medlock, K. (2018). In search of the dwarf emu: a palaeontological survey of King and Flinders islands, Bass Strait, Australia. Contribuciones Científiicas del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 7: 81–98.

· Cheke, A. S., & Hume, J.P. (2018). The Réunion Fody Foudia delloni Cheke & Hume and the validity of scientifically naming animals described without physical types. Zootaxa 4382(3): 592–600.

· Angst, D., Chinsamy, A., Steel, L., & Hume, J.P. (2017). Bone histology sheds new light on dodo ecology. Nature Scientific Reports 7: 7993 DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-08536-3

· Hume, J.P.(2017). Undescribed juvenile plumage of the Laysan Rail or Crake Zapornia palmeri (Frohawk, 1892) and a detailed chronology of its extinction. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 129(3):429–446.

· Wood, J. R., Alcover, J. A., Blackburn, T. M., Bover, P., Duncan, R. P., Hume, J.P., Louys, J., Meijer, H. J. M., Rando, J. C., & Wilmhurst, J. M. (2017). Island extinctions: patterns, processes, and potential for ecosystem restoration. Environmental Conservation https://doi.org/10.1017/S037689291700039X

· Winters, R., Hume, J.P., & Leenstra, M. (2017). A famine in Surat and dodos on Mauritius: a long lost manuscript rediscovered. Archives of Natural History 44(1): 134–150.

· Nowak-Kemp,M., & Hume, J.P. (2017). The Oxford Dodo. Part 1: the museum history of the Tradescant dodo: ownership, displays and audience. Historical Biology 29(2): 234–247. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2016.1152471

· Nowak-Kemp,M., & Hume, J.P. (2017). The Oxford Dodo. Part 2: from curiosity to icon and its role in displays, education and research. Historical Biology 29(3): 296–307. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2016.1155211

· Hume, J.P., & Taylor, C. (2017). A gift from Mauritius: William Curtis, George Clark and the Dodo. Journal of the History of collections 29(3): 467–479. doi:10.1093/jhc/fhw033

· Cheke, A. S., Pedrono, M., Bour, R., Anderson, A., Griffiths, C., Iverson, J., Hume, J.P., & Walsh, M. (2016). Giant tortoises spread to western Indian Ocean islands by sea drift in pre-Holocene times, not by later human agency – Response to Wilmé et al. (2016a). Journal of Biogeography 44: 1426–1440. doi:10.1111/jbi.12882

· Van Grouw, H., & Hume, J.P. (2016). Notes on the history and morphology of Lord Howe Gallinule or Swamphen Porphyrio albus (Aves: Rallidae). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 136(3): 172–198.

· Middleton, G. J., & Hume, J.P. (2016). The discovery of a Dodo Raphus cucullatus Linn. (Aves, Columbiformes) in a highland Mauritian cave. Helictite 42: 13–20.

· Hume, J.P.& Winters, R. (2016). Captive birds on Dutch Mauritius: bad-tempered parrots, warty pigeons and notes on other native animals. Historical Biology 28(6): 812–822.

· Cleassens, L., Meijer, H., Hume, J.P., & Rijsdijk, K (editors). (2015). Anatomy of the Dodo (L. 1758): An Osteological Study of the Thirioux Specimens. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Memoir 15. Supplement to Number 6.

· Rijsdijk, K. F., Hume, J.P., De Louw, P. G. B., Meijer, H. J. M., Janoo, A., Boer, E. J. de., Steel, L., de Vos, J., G. v. d. Sluis, L., Hooghiemstra, H., Florens, F. B. V., Baider, C., J. J. Vernimmen, T., Baas, P., H. v. Heteren, A., Rupear, V., Beebeejaun, G., Grihault, A., H v. d. Plicht, J., Besselink, M., Lubeek, J. K., Jansen, M., Kluiving, S. J., Hollund, H., Shapiro, B., Collins, M., Buckley, M., Jayasena, R. M., Porch, N., Floore, R., Bunnik, F., Biedlingmaier, A., Leavitt, J., Monfette, G., Kimelblatt, A., Randall, A., Floore, P., & Claessens, L. P. A. M. (2015). A review of the dodo and its ecosystem: insights from a vertebrate concentration Lagerstätte in Mauritius. Pp. 3–20 in Claessens, L. P. A. M., Meijer, H. J. M., Hume, J. P., & Rijsdijk, K. F. (editors). Anatomy of the Dodo (L. 1758): An Osteological Study of the Thirioux Specimens. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Memoir 15. Supplement to Number 6: 1–187.

· Claessens, L., & Hume, J.P. (2015). Provenance and history of the Thirioux dodos. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Memoir 15. Supplement to Number 6.

· Claessens, L., Meijer, H., & Hume, J.P. (2015). Morphology of the Thirioux dodos. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Memoir 15. Supplement to Number 6.

· Hume, J.P. (2015). A new subfossil bulbul (Aves: Passerines: Pycnonotidae) from Rodrigues Island, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Ostrich 86(3): 247–260.

· Burney, D.A. Hume, J.P., Middleton, G., Steel, L., Pigott Burney, L., & Porch, N. (2015). Stratigraphy and chronology of karst features on Rodrigues Island, SW Indian Ocean. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 77(1): 37–51.

· Hume, J.P., Steel, L., André, A.A., & Meunier, A. (2015). In the footsteps of the bone collectors: nineteenth-century cave exploration on Rodrigues Island, Indian Ocean. Historical Biology 27(2): 265–286. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2014.886203

· Hume, J.P.(2015). Large-scale live capture of Passenger Pigeons Ectopistes migratorius for sporting purposes: overlooked illustrated documentation. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 135(2): 174–184.

· Winters, R., & Hume, J.P. (2015). The dodo, the deer and a 1647 voyage to Japan. Historical Biology 27(2): 258–264.: DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2014.884566

· Hume, J.P. (2014). Fossil discoveries on Mauritius and Rodrigues. In Gerlach, J. (ed). Western Indian Ocean Tortoises. Manchester: Siri Scientific Press, pp. 203-228.

· Hume, J.P. (2014). A review of the past and present bird fauna of the Mascarene Islands. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius 8: 17-82.

· Hume, J.P., de Louw, P. G. B., & Rijsdijk,K. F. (2014). Rediscovery of a lost Lagerstätte: a comparative analysis of the historical and recent Mare aux Songes dodo excavations on Mauritius. Historical Biology. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2014.945927

· Hume, J.P., & van Grouw, H. (2014). Colour aberrations in some extinct and endangered birds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 134(3): 168-193.

· Hume, J.P. (2014). A magnificent flying machine: the anatomy of the Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius. In Fuller, E. (ed). The Passenger Pigeon. Princeton University Press, pp. 162–8.

· Hume, J.P. (2014). Systematics, morphology, and ecological history of the Mascarene starlings (Aves: Sturnidae) with the description of a new genus and species from Mauritius. Zootaxa 3849(1): 1-75.

· Hume, J.P. (2014). Fossil discoveries on Mauritius and Rodrigues. In Gerlach, J. (ed).Tortoises of the Western Indian Ocean. Manchester: Siri Scientific Press. (in press).

· Hume, J.P., Steel, L., André, A.A., & Meunier, A. (2014). In the footsteps of the bone collectors: nineteenth-century cave exploration on Rodrigues Island, Indian Ocean. Historical Biology 27(2): 265-286. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2014.886203

· Winters, R., & Hume, J.P. (2014). The dodo, the deer and a 1647 voyage to Japan. Historical Biology 27(2): 258-264.: DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2014.884566

· Hume, J.P. (2013). A synopsis of the pre-human avifauna of the Mascarene Islands. In: Göhlich UB, Kroh A, editors. Proceed. 8th Internat. Meeting Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Pp.195–237. Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum.

· Hume, J.P., & Steel, L. (2013). Fight Club: A unique weapon in the wing of the solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria (Aves: Columbidae), an extinct flightless bird from Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110: 32-44.

· Hume, J.P. (2013). Book Reviews. Dyke, G., & Kaiser, G (eds.). 2011. Living Dinosaurs: The evolutionary history of Modern Birds. Geological Journal 48: 288-289.

· Hume, J.P. & Walters, M. (2012). Extinct Birds. A & C Black (Poyser Imprint). 544 pp.

· Hume, J.P. (2012). The Dodo: from extinction to the fossil record. Geology Today 28: 147-151.

· Meijer, H. J. M., Gill, G., Louw, P. G. B. d., Hoek Ostende, L. W. V. D., Hume, J. P., & Rijsdijk, K. F. (2012). Dodo remains from an in situ context from Mare aux Songes, Mauritius. Naturwissenschaften 99(3): 177-84.

· Hume, J.P. (2011). Avian biogeography on western Indian Ocean islands: eustatic sea levels, geological events and anthropogenic changes. Scripta Geologica 143: 185. (abstract)

· Hume, J.P., & Middleton, G. (2011). A preliminary vertebrate palaeontological cave survey of the Comoros Islands. Phelsuma 19: 26-40.

· Hume, J.P. (2011). Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species. Zootaxa 3124: 1-62.

· Rijsdijk, K. F., J. Zinke., P. G. B. de Louw., Hume, J. P., (11 more authors). (2011). Mid-Holocene (4200 kyr BP) mass mortalities in Mauritius (Mascarenes): Insular vertebrates resilient to climatic extremes but vulnerable to human impact. The Holocene 21(8): 1179–1194.

· Hume, J.P. (2010). Birds of the Comoros Islands. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 130: 153. (abstract).

· Hume, J.P. (2009). Dodo. Pp 228-232 in Gillespie, R.G. & Clague D A (eds) Encyclopedia of Islands. Berkeley: University of California Press.

· Olson, S.L., & Hume, J.P. (2009). Notes on the early illustrations and the juvenile plumage of the extinct Hawaii Mamo Drepanis pacifica (Drepanidini). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 129: 206-212.

· Hume, J.P. (2009). The great Dodo dispute. BBC History 10 (3): 50-53.

· Hume, J.P. (2009). In search of the Dodo. Darwin 200 BBC Knowledge 4:26-31.

· Hume, J.P., Cheke, A.S., and McOran-Campbell.A. (2009). How Owen ‘stole’ the Dodo: academic rivalry deposit in nineteenth century Mauritius. Historical Biology, 21, Nos. 1–2: 1–18.

· Rijsdijk K F, Hume, J.P. et al.(18 more authors) (2009). Mid-Holocene vertebrate bone Concentration-Lagerstätte on oceanic island Mauritius provides a window into the ecosystem of the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus). Quaternary Science Reviews 28: 14–24.

· Cheke A S & Hume, J.P. (2008). Lost land of the Dodo: the ecological history of the Mascarene Islands. A. & C. Black publishers (Poyser imprint). 540pp.

· Hume, J.P.,& Cheke A. (2007). The ecological history of the Mascarenes. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 127: 169. (abstract)

· Hume, J.P. (2007). Reappraisal of the parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from the Mascarene Islands, with comments on their ecology, morphology and affinities. Zootaxa 1513: 1-76.

· Hume, J.P. (2007). Recent Ornithological Publications. Beletsky, L. 2007. Hawaii. (Travellers’ Wildlife Guides.). Ibis 149: 176.

· Hume, J.P.(2006). Excavation of the Mare aux Songes, Mauritius, Mascarenes. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 126: 246. (abstract)

· Hume, J.P. (2006) The history of the dodo Raphus cucullatus and the penguin of Mauritius. Historical Biology 18(2): 65-89.

· Hume, J.P., Datta A & Martill, D.M. (2006). Unpublished drawings of the Dodo Raphus cucullatus and a note on Dodo skin relics. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 126A: 49-54.

· Hume, J.P. (2006) Recent Avian Extinctions. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 126A: 3.

· Hume, J.P. (2005) Contrasting taphofacies in ocean island settings: the fossil record of Mascarene vertebrates. Monografies de la Societat d’Història Natural de les Balears 12: 129-144.

· Hume, J. P., & Prys-Jones R P (2005). New discoveries from old sources, with reference to the original bird and mammal fauna of the Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79-3: 85-95.

· Karanth K P, Palkovacs E, Gerlach J, Glaberman S, Hume, J.P., Caccone A & Yoder A D (2005). Native Seychelles tortoises or Aldabran imports? The importance of radiocarbon dating for ancient DNA studies. Amphibia-Reptilia 26: 116-121.

· Hume, J. (2004). The mystery of the Mascarene parrot. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 124: 159. (abstract)

· Hume, J.P. (2004). A preliminary vertebrate palaeontological survey of the granitic Seychelles islands. Phelsuma 12: 24-34.

· Hume, J.P., & Cheke A S (2004). The White Dodo of Réunion Island: unravelling a scientific and historical myth. Archives of Natural History 31: 57-79.

· Hume, J.P., Martill D M & Dewdney C (2004). Dutch diaries and the demise of the Dodo. Nature doi:10.1038/nature02688

· Hume, J.P. (2003). The journal of the flagship Gelderland – dodo and other birds on Mauritius 1601. Archives of Natural History 30: 13-27.

· Hume, J. (2003). The White Dodo and Reunion Solitaire – the merging of myth and reality. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 123: 137-138. (abstract)

· Hume, J.P., & Peterson A (2003). The correct publication date of Aplonis corvina (Kittlitz, 1833). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 123: 207-208.

· Hume. J.P. (2002). Notes on the extinct Kosrae Starling Aplonis corvina Kittlitz, 1833. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 122: 141-154.

· Hume, J. (2002). The Penguin of Mauritius – dodos, journals and misrepresentation on a grand scale. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 122: 164-165. (abstract)

· Walsh., & Hume, J.P. (2001). A new Neogene marine avian assemblage from north-central Chile. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3): 484-491.

· Young, H. G., Tonge, S. J., & Hume, J.P. (1997). Review of the Holocene wildfowl extinctions. Wildfowl 47: 166-180.

· Hume, J.P. (1996). The parrots of the Mascarenes. Psittacene 8(1): 10-11.

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