> Frederick William Frohawk (1861–1946)
Best known as a lepidopterist, Frohawk also produced some of the book’s most iconic reconstructions, including the Mascarene birds. His style is slightly bolder, with confident contour lines—useful when translating to specimen‑based reconstruction in motion design.
Frohawk’s work for *Extinct Birds* leans into historical synthesis: he cross‑references early paintings, travellers’ notes and osteology. That triangulation is central to the Hitchhikers Project’s method of building credible, media‑literate reconstructions from partial data.
These plates are also a reminder of how illustration shaped public memory of lost species—see the Mascarene Islands thread for more.
**Plates in Rothschild’s *Extinct Birds* (confirmed examples)**
- Plate 23 — *Pezophaps solitaria* (Rodrigues solitaire)
- Plate 24 (A–C) — *Raphus cucullatus* (Dodo), comparative reconstructions
- Plate 25 (and 25A–B) — *Didus/Pezophaps solitarius* (Réunion “solitaire”) & related reconstructions
- Plate 29 — *Aphanapteryx bonasia* (Red rail)
- Plate 30 — *Erythromachus leguati* (Rodrigues rail)
**External links**
- Wikipedia 
- Dodo plate (24) on Commons 
- Plate 23 on Commons 
- Plate 25 on Commons 
- Plate 29 on Commons 
- Plate 30 on Commons 