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NATURAL HISTORY. 
fancl, like the oftrich ; but they may be mif- 
taken, as thofe of the crocodile ai'C buried and 
hatched in the fame manner. 
D O D O. 
T 
X . H E inaftive appeai-ance of this bird, 
fecms to fill another void in nature between 
birds and bcafts, which is that between the 
floth and a more aftive individual of the fea- 
thered tribe. Its body, which is nearly round, 
is very ponderous, and covered with gi'ey fea- 
thers. The legs refemble the pillars of a fix- 
ed building, but feem fcarcely ftrong enough 
to fupport the body ; the neck is thick and 
purly ; and the head has two wide chaps, that 
open beyond the eyes, which are large, black, 
and prominent ; the bill, which is extreme- 
ly long and. thick, is of a bluifli white, and 
crooked in oppofite directions, refembling 
tv/o pointed Ipoons laid on the back of 
each other. It has a flupid and voracious 
appearance, which is greatly increafed by 3 
bordering of feathers, that gi'ow round the 
root of the beak, and have the appearance, 
of a cowl or hood. — The dodo is, in fhoi't, 
a moft comialete picture of llupidity and dc' 
formity. 
Like the floth, it Is incapable either of de- 
fence or flight. It is a native of the Ifle of 
France, where it was firlt found by 
Dutch- 
