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Illustration Sources

Title Page and Great Auk:
Royal Ontario Museum (www.rom.on.ca)

Introduction:
Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum (www.wf.carleton.ca/Museum/birds)

Cassowary, Emu, Ostrich:
Birds: Zoonet (www.mindspring.com/~zoonet)
Maps: Victoria, Australia zoos (www.zoo.org.au)

Rhea:
Zoonet (www.mindspring.com/~zoonet)

Kiwi:
Mt.Bruce National Wildlife Centre, New Zealand (mtbruce.doc.govt.nz)

Dodo:
Bird and Map of Mascarene Islands: Mauritius (www.mauritius-info.com)
Skeleton: American Museum of Natural History (www.amnh.org)
Map of Indian Ocean: (city.net/maps)

Elephant Bird:
Bird, Skeleton, Egg: Lemuria Expedition (vesmir.kav.cas.cz)
Map of Indian Ocean: (city.net/maps)

Great Auk:
Bird: Royal Ontario Museum (www.rom.on.ca)
Bones: Can. Museum of Nature. Courtesy Dr. Stephen Cumbaa

Moa:
American Museum of Natural History (www.amnh.org)

Diatryma:
Bird: Universidad de Concepcion, Chile (www.conce.plaza.cl)
Hunting Bird: Memorial University, Newfoundland (www.mun.ca)
Skeleton: DeKalb College, Georgia (www.dc.peachnet.edu)

Hesperornis:
Photo of Teeth: Can. Museum of Nature. Courtesy Dr. Stephen Cumbaa
All other illustrations: Oceans of Kansas (Sternberg Museum of Natural History) (www.oceansofkansas.com)

Terror Bird:
University of California, Berkeley (www.ucmp.berkeley.edu)