. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 632 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. this, Rodriguez, and Reunion had also their respective species of large tortoises, but these too went the way of the dodo and its kindred, and only bones remain to tell the story of their former abundance. De Bry, the chronicler of Van Neck's voyage, says the Walckvogel were " big- ger than our swans, with large heads, half of which is covered with skin like a hood. These birds want wings, in place
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 632 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. this, Rodriguez, and Reunion had also their respective species of large tortoises, but these too went the way of the dodo and its kindred, and only bones remain to tell the story of their former abundance. De Bry, the chronicler of Van Neck's voyage, says the Walckvogel were " big- ger than our swans, with large heads, half of which is covered with skin like a hood. These birds want wings, in place of which are three or four blackish feathers. The tail consists of a few slender curved feathers of a gray ;. Fig. 22. Facsimile of Piao's figure of the Dodo * * This figure was probably made from one of Savary's paintings, and is found on page 70 of an appendix to a work by Gruliemus Piso. The title is as follows: Ouliemi Pisonis Medici Amstehedamensis de India? Utrius- que Re Naturali et Medica, Libri Quatuordeciui: Quorum contenta pagina sequens exhibet Amstelsedami Apud Ludovicum et Danieleu Elzeverios. AD CIO IOCLVIII. Jacobi Bontii Medici CWitatis Bataviae Novae in lava Ordinarii Historic Naturalis et Medica'. India- Libri .Sex. Liber quintus, Caput xvn, p. 70 De Droute, aliis Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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