. The living world : containing descriptions of the several races of men, and all species of animals, birds, fishes, insects, etc., etc. : with numerous anecdotes, illustrative of their instincts, reasoning powers and domestic habits . Piso (1658), says,— It hath yellow legs, thick, but very short ; four toes in each foot, solid,long, as it were, scaly, armed with strong, black claws. It is a slow-pacedami stupid bird, and which easily becomes a prey to the fowlers. The flesh,especially of the breast, is fat, esculent, and so copious, that three or fourDodos will sometimes suffice to till an h
. The living world : containing descriptions of the several races of men, and all species of animals, birds, fishes, insects, etc., etc. : with numerous anecdotes, illustrative of their instincts, reasoning powers and domestic habits . Piso (1658), says,— It hath yellow legs, thick, but very short ; four toes in each foot, solid,long, as it were, scaly, armed with strong, black claws. It is a slow-pacedami stupid bird, and which easily becomes a prey to the fowlers. The flesh,especially of the breast, is fat, esculent, and so copious, that three or fourDodos will sometimes suffice to till an hundred seamens bellies. Of the information concerning these birds accessible, the above seems themost interesting. The species is now completely extirpated, and a skull andfoot, with a few old paintings in the British Museum, are all there is left toshow that it ever existed. Family Pigeoxs and Doves. ^ conformed to the opinion of Linnajus in placing these birds amongthe Passeres, because of their natural great analogy to that group, likenearly the whole of which, tla- Pigeons pair in the season of love, the maleand female working jointly at the nest, taking their turns during incubation, PIGEONS. XXVJI1. DRAGON. blui; POUI i
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