. The dodo and its kindred; or, The history, affinities, and osteology of the dodo, solitaire, and other extinct birds of the islands Mauritius, Rodriguez and Bourbon . uiteltauben, wie denn auch die andere wilde Tauben und Papagayen mit Stecken geschlagen,und mit den Handen gefangen haben; die Totersten oder Walckvogel haben sie mit den Hiindena;eTiffen, musten sich aber wolil fursehen, dass sie sie nicht mit den Schniibeln, welche sehr gross,dick und knunm seyn, etwan bey eim Arm oder Beiu ergriffen, denn sie gewaltig hart zubeissenpflegen.—p. 51. See also De Bry, India Orientahs, pars ix. S
. The dodo and its kindred; or, The history, affinities, and osteology of the dodo, solitaire, and other extinct birds of the islands Mauritius, Rodriguez and Bourbon . uiteltauben, wie denn auch die andere wilde Tauben und Papagayen mit Stecken geschlagen,und mit den Handen gefangen haben; die Totersten oder Walckvogel haben sie mit den Hiindena;eTiffen, musten sich aber wolil fursehen, dass sie sie nicht mit den Schniibeln, welche sehr gross,dick und knunm seyn, etwan bey eim Arm oder Beiu ergriffen, denn sie gewaltig hart zubeissenpflegen.—p. 51. See also De Bry, India Orientahs, pars ix. Supp. p. 22. 8. The fio-ure of which the following is a fac-simile, is introduced in the Voyages of PieterVan den Broecke, contained in the Begin ende voortgangh der Vereen. Nederl. Geoctr. Oost-ind. Compagnie, vol. 2, numb, xvi, p. 102. The plate contains three figiu-es, representing aDodo, a single-horned Goat, and a bird not unlike the Apteryx in appearance. The goat ismentioned in the text as having been sent to the author when at Surat, as a present from theSovereio-n of Agra. I can find however no notice in Van den Broeckes journal of the Dodo, o * ^■b-. or of the other bird which he has figured, and I can therefore only conjecture that theywere sketched during his visit to the Mauritius (mentioned in page 68,) which lasted from Ch. I.] OF THE DODO. 19 April 19 to May 23,1617. As the work which contains these figures is very rare, it may bewell to mention that Thevenot has introduced a reversed copy of the entue plate (v\ithoutstating the somxe) as an Ulustration to Bontekoes notice of brevipennate birds in Bourbon(page 5,) to which however it can have no reference whatever.—See Theveiiofs Voyages, vol. 1. Though unaccompanied by any description, there can be no doubt that Van den Broeckesfigure is an authentic and original representation of the Dodo, and the rudeness of thedesign is a proof of its genuineness. The wings are here represented as rather longer andmore
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