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bones before they decide. They say he is a pigeon — and a pigeon 
he shall be. One old writer in describing the Dodo, says, " He is, 
for bigness of size, between an ostrich and turkey, from which it 
partly differs in shape and partly agrees with them, especially with 
African ostriches." 
His body was fat and round, and covered with soft gray 
feathers. He had no wings — to speak of — and only a few small 
feathers for a tail. His legs were short and yellow, and his head — • 
well, you can see for yourself that his head w T as not very pretty or 
graceful. He was a very greedy bird — I'm sorry to say — but he 
met the fate he deserved by being eaten by men, at such a rate 
that he became extinct. 
Here's another droll bird about as graceful as the dodo — but 
not yet driven out of the world. It is the Rhinoceros Hornbill. 
Pretty little bill he carries, is it not ? I'm happy to tell you 
