DODO. 



and hooked at the end ; the gape ftretches beyond the eyes j the 

 colour of it a very pale blue, except the end of the upper man- 

 dible, which is yellowifh, and a red fpot on the bend of it ; the 

 end of the lower blackifh : irides white : the general colour of 

 the plumage is cinereous, and foft to the touch ; the belly and 

 thighs whitifh : the head large, and feems as it were covered with 

 a black hood or cowl: the wings are very fhort, and of a yellowifh 

 afh-colour : the tail feathers curled, Hand up on the rump, and 

 incline to yellow, like the wings : the legs have four toes, three 

 before and one behind; are very flout, fhort, and yellowifh : claws 

 black. 



Place and This is the account from Edwards, and a painting of it is now 



Manmehs. in the Sritijb Mufeum. 



Herbert, in his "Travels, feems to give an account as having 

 feen it, though his figure is a bad one. He fays, that it " feldom 

 cc weighs lefs than fifty pounds. The bill hooked, and bent down- 

 " wards; the thrill or breathing-places in the midft; from which 

 " part to the end the colour is of a light green, mixed with pale 

 " yellow : eyes round and bright: has fine down inftead of fea- 

 " thers : the train (like to a China-beard) is no more than three 

 " or four fhort feathers : the head varioufly dreft, one half being 

 " hooded with down of a dark colour, the other half naked, and 

 " of a white hue, as if lawn were drawn over it : the legs thick 

 " and black ; and the talons great." We likewife learn from him, 

 that " the pace is flow, and the body round and fat; by fome 

 " eaten as meat, but is more pleafurable to look than feed upon j 

 " andher. ftomach fo fiery that it can eafily digeft ftones; in that 

 " and fhape not a little refembling the Oftrich." 

 This awkward figure inhabits the ifiands of Mauritius (or 

 01 the 



