# Endnotes explained — Short Fiction

> Chapter companion for Short Fiction by H. G. Wells.

## What happens

The endnotes provide citations and references for the stories in the collection, including a note about the Aepyornis and entomological journal references.

## Key lines

> No European is known to have seen a live Aepyornis, with the doubtful exception of MacAndrew, who visited Madagascar in 1745.

No European is recorded as having seen a living Aepyornis, except possibly MacAndrew during his 1745 visit to Madagascar.

_Clarifies the historical uncertainty about European encounters with the Aepyornis._

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