DODO. 



of the palm, a foot and a half in thicknefs; and lays one egg, 

 bigger than that of a Goofe. The male fits in his turn ; and does 

 not fuffer any bird to approach within two hundred yards of the 

 fpot while the hen is fitting, which is feven weeks. The young 

 is fome months before it can fhift for itfelf j the old ones, in the 

 mean time, are affectionate to it, and faithful to each other after- 

 wards, though they occafionally may mix with others of their 

 kind. It is faid that a ftone is always found in the gizzard; 

 which perhaps, if the cafe be known, may turn out no more than 

 may be found in all granivorous birds, ferving merely to prove it 

 to be of that race. The young birds, though timid, are ftupid 

 enough to fuffer the approach of any onej but when grown up, 

 are more ihy, and will not be tamed. Two of them were 

 Ihipped from Bourbon, but foon died, as they refufed all fufte- 

 nance. They are chafed in the winter-feafon, viz, from March 

 to September, being then fat, and the young birds are much 

 efteemed for the table* 



3. L'Oifeau de Nazareth, Buf. Oif. i. p. 485. — Caucbe Madag.y, 130. 



NAZARENE D. oifeau de Naufee, Id. ibid. 



Description. HpHIS is a large bird, bigger than a Swan, The bill is a little 

 bent downwards, and large : inftead of feathers the whole 

 body is covered over with a black down ; but the wings are fea- 

 thered, and it has fome frizzled ones upon the rump, which 

 ferve inftead of a tail : the legs are long and fcaly, and there are 

 three toes on each foot. 

 Place and This was met with in the JJle of France, and defcribed as above 



Manners. by Fr. Cauche ; who adds, that the female only lays one egg, 



which 



