DOÜO-SÏUDIËN. 75 



,,'riic binl tii;ure(l iii rompauy witli this non tlescript is au m- 

 hiibitant ot' iiortlieni latituilcs; hut, as il is a !)ii-(l ot' passage, witli 

 aii (^xtciisivc range, this does iiot proove that tlie artisi, inteiuleil 

 II) iiitimate tiiat this Dothj was also a iiortheni l)ir(l, tlioiigii he 

 must liave pmhably l)een au iuha.l)ilaut oi' a, uiiu'h (^oolei- rliiuatc 

 than his i^oMgeuei- ol' the TsU) ot' Hourljou." 



,,1 reiuaiu &c," \Vm. VV. ( 'oIvF.i;". 



„llortley Lodgc, l'arksteni, uear Poole, Dorset." 



De Redactie (h'i' Illustrated Loudou N(ï\vs voc^gt iiicraaii loe: 



,,We havt^ heeu l'avoured hy Mr. (iniii.i), the distiuguished orui- 

 lh()h)gist, with Ihr fnllnu iug note upuii tlu' preceding eouiinuiiic'atidii : 



„Thtt drauiiig whieh mui have sent lor niy iiispectinu is uot 

 witliout iuti'i'est. 'i'lie iVout tigiire is a gootl icprcscutation of the 

 JiiKiT nffir(ilfi!<\ tlie othia' appt^ars to uie to have heeu talscu Ironi 

 au Alliiuo or white variety ot' the |)o(h) '). Ndw as ever\ thiiig yw- 

 linuiug to tlus e\tiuct hird is regarihul with gieat interest, I tiiiuis 

 it desirahh' that, a draw iug ot' the saiue si/A' shouhl l)e [)ul)lisiied 

 iü tlie 1 1 1 ust ra l ed [j o u d o u Neus. 'The .///.ytv, (h]ubtU'ss, souie- 

 liiiies visits l'ersia, liut I sh(udd suppose that the artist had uiaih' 

 his sket('h ot' the Dodo l'nuu a .Mauritius or liourbou speciuieii, 

 l'or we ha\e uo evideiiee that tliis binl was ever l'ouud elsewhere" ^). 



Oiah'r de al'bceldiug staau de woorihai: Kare (ioose, and 

 \\ h i I e' Dodo, trom drawiugs madi' iii l'rrsia. 



liet spreekt \;m/,eir, dat wij geen waarde hrehliai aaii di' laat>lc 

 drie woorden; wi'l is het mogeliik, dat de ^onie old drawiugs', 

 waarlii-M'heii i\y Withoos xer/.i'ild geraakte, lu rrrzii' vervaardigd 

 werden. W rnioos heett i'ei-/ie iiicl l>ereisd. 



W . .1. Sti.;i;i.;\mi selirijtt iii Seuniee (lo>,si|), Januari l'^b/, 

 over deze albeeldiiig nog het volgende . 



,.l ha\c laieU had au oppoituiiity ol' examining the original 

 drawing alludcd to aiid possess a photograpli ot'it.. . . It is almost 

 earerullv ;iud miiiulely ilraw u, and eoidour<'d in bod\ ('ohiurs. Hrsidr> 

 the two liirds whieh lia\r lieeu meutioued, the dwawiug eonlains 

 ligiires ,ot' six (ithers, :iini'Ug>t whieh are the Tut'tcd Diiek [lüi/i- 

 (jiild fi-'iHldld). a Spoonlnll and a Merganser.. In tlii^ let't hand 



coi'uer ot' the dra\\ing is the artisi's monogram .,1'. \\ .". whieh a 

 t'rieiid lias aseia-lained lo be that ot' PlKRur, Withoos, wIio dieil at 

 AinstiM'dam in I (l'J.'J. ' 



e. Mm ziel: .ir .., mtiiulnuM. (,,.,1.1. u .0 Im-r v.-,.|,r sAn .Ir waarlu-iii. .laii Av l,rk 

 uKi 1;, o. — 

 -) llirr n-litLT i> .Ir uiiutliul.i..;; (luL LI. .li.hl.c I.LJ .|./ « aa.ii.'i.l, .lau .|.- !.-. k I '.iKtli. - U. — 



