DODO. 
The Dodo, or Struthio Cucullatus, in the 
Linnaean system, comprehends a genus of 
birds including three species ; the Hooded, the 
Solitary, and the Nazarene. They are all na- 
tives of the Isle of France, and Bourbon, where 
they are called Drontes. The Dutch name 
them Dodaers, and the Portuguese, as well 
j as the English, Dodos. Among naturahsts^ 
i they have obtained such a great variety of 
I names, that Buffon, remarking how little ad- 
[ vantage can be gained by giving the same 
^ animal a different appellation in each lan- 
j guage, insists that the real effe6l of the mul- 
titude of synonyms, is to produce embarrass- 
ment and confusion. *^ Do not multiply ex- 
istences," he adds, was once the maxim of 
philosophers y but, at present, we have con- 
stantly reason to remind naturalists, not to 
multiply names without necessity. 
The first Dutch who saw the Dodo in the 
klaiid of Mauritius^ now the Isle of France, 
jiamed 
