
SOF BIRD Sais ge 
Onven 5, (CALLING. 
Lue bill is convex : the upper se tae is curvated, or 
bowed, extending with a margin near the lower mandiple.- 
: The noftrils are half covered with a convex, and cartilas - : 
> ginous membrane. 














. The tail feathers are more in number than twelve. 
wards divided. one 
a Ge ye 58. x Di D v 5. . > 
Pee (DEO: - O. a aie 
NHE bill bends inwards 5 at the nse of 
the upper mandible it. is marked. with two. 
The face is bare of feathers beyond the eyes. ‘ 
The legs are fhort and thick,. and feathered a 
wards and one behind. . 
The Dodo. is lar, ver “either. an the. Sean or 
: the Turkey ; ; its body iS heavy and of a OK 
- ftrange form; its legs are fhort and clumfy ; t 
_ with a kind of veil;.its two large black eyes are. 
each furrounded ae a circle of white, and the > 
) Bape of the bill reaches beyond the- eyese | | 
‘The feet are conneéted as far as the firft joint, -and after 
a ie ribs, and much hooked at theend, ~~ 
. little below the knees. The toes are three ‘for= 
_ head is very remarkable, and feems' covered mre : 
ea ae 2, “The? 
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