B I R D S .
O r d e r VI. S T RUTHI OUS .
G e nu s LVII. D O D O .
N ° i . Hooded D. 3. Nazarene D.
a. Solitary D.
BI L L large, bending inwards at the middle of the upper
mandible, marked with two oblique ribs, and much hooked
at the end.
Noftrils placed obliquely near the edge, in the middle of the
bill.
Legs Ihort, thick, feathered a little below the knees: toes,
three forward, one backward.
Didus Ineptus, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 267.
Le Dronte, Brif. Qrn. v. p. 15.— Buf. Oif. i, p. 480.—-Sa#/. Ind. or. pi. in
p. 70.
Dod-eerfen, or Valgh-vogel, Herbert. Trav. p. 382. pi. in p. 383.
Dodo, Rail Syn. p. 37. 3.— Will. Orn. p. 153. pi. 27.— ■Ednu. pi. 294.
• j*H I S uncouth being is rather bigger than a Swan, and not
far Ihort of three feet in length*. The bill is ftrong, large,
* See a painting in the Sritijh Mufeum.
V ol, III. B and
i.
HOODED D.
Pl. LXX.
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