SOS STRUTHIONIDiE. 



GENUS CCCJX.— DIDUS, Linne. DODO. 



Rostrum magnum medio co- 

 arcuatum rugis duabus 

 transfer sis, utraque man- 

 dihuloj inflexo apice. 



Nares obliquae, margini 

 medii rostri sitag. 



Fades ultra oculos nuda. 



Pedes tetradactyli, breves, 

 crassi : femora in parte in- 

 feriore plumis dentitata. 



Raphus, Brisson. 



Beak large, bending inwards 

 at the middle of the upper 

 mandible^ marked with two 

 oblique bars, and much 

 hooked at the end. 



Nostrils placed obliquely 

 near the edge, in the 

 middle of the beak. 



Face naked beyond the eyes. 



Legs short, thick, feathered 

 a little below the knees • 

 toes, three forward, one 

 backward. 



Sp. 1. Di, ineptus, Limi. Syst. Nat. i. 267. — Lath. Ltd. Orn. 

 ii. 1 1 1 . 



Di. griseus, remigihus rectricibusque Jiavo cinereis ; capite cu- 

 cullato. 



Grey Dodo with the quills and tail-feathers ashy-yellow; the 



head with a hood. 

 Raphus, Briss. Orn. v. v. p. 215. — Le Dronte. Buff. Hist. Nat. 



Ois. V. \.p. 480. — Bontius Lid. Or. pi. i. p. 70. 

 Dodo. jRaz/. %w. p. 37. S.—Edivards, pi. 294. 

 Hooded Dodo. Lath. Gen. Syri. v. v. p. \. — Shavo, Nat. Misc. 



V. iv.pL 143. (leg) ; v. v. pi. 166. (head). 



Inhabits the Islands of Mauritius and Bourbon. 

 This uncouth figure is rather bigger than a Swan, 

 and not far short of three feet in length : the beak 

 is strong, large, and hooked at the end ; the gape 

 stretches beyond the eyes ; the colour of it very pale 



