THE 



DODO, 



Generic Character. 

 Bill large, bending inward in the middle of the 

 upper mandible, marked with two oblique 

 ribs, and much hooked at the end. 

 Nqftrils placed obliquely near the edge, in the 



middle of the bill. 

 Legs fhort, thick, feathered a little below the 

 knees. 



Toes three forward, one backward. 



Pennant, 



Specific Character, &c. 



BLACKISH DODO, clouded with whitim; 

 with tetradactylous feet. 



THE DODQ. 



Will. orn. p. 153. pi. 27. 



Edw. pi. 294. 



DOD-EERSEN, or VALGH-VOGEL. 



Herbert, trav. p. 382. pi. in p. 383. 



This bird, if we may depend on the fidelity of the 

 only original figure, (which is faid to have been taken 

 from the life, and from which almoft all authors have 



hitherto 



