The solitaire, Didus solitarius of Gmelin, referred by Strickland to a district genus Pezophaps, is supposed to have lingered in the 3 E. Newton and H. Gadow, Trans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dodo in 1911] Reference

– Skeleton of a male Solitaire, Pezophaps solitarius, Museum of Zoology, Cambridge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dodo in 1911] Reference

It was originally called the “solitaire,” but this name was also applied to Pezophaps solitarius of Rodriguez by the Huguenot exile Leguat, who described and figured it about 1691.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dodo in 1911] Reference

The image used to illustrated is the Solitaire of Rodriguez (Pezophaps solitarius), from Leguat’s figure, and that’s the reason.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dodo in 1911] Reference