Extinct birds : $b An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical timesRothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Baron
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Extinct birds : $b An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times
Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Baron
Birds; Extinct birds
6. _Pommersfelden, Bavaria._ Count Schönborn, "Orpheus charming the
Beasts." By Roelandt Savery, undated.
7. _Haag._ Mauritshuis. "Orpheus charming the Beasts." By Roelandt
Savery.
8. _Stuttgart._ Formerly Dr. Seyffer, but sold at his death and since
disappeared. By Roelandt Savery.
9. _London._ British Museum, formerly belonging to G. Edwards.
Probably by Roelandt Savery.
10. _Emden._ Galerie der Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst. "Orpheus
charming the Beasts." By Roelandt Savery.
11. _Oxford._ Ashmolean Museum. By John Savery, 1651.
12. _Haarlem._ Dr. A. van der Willigen, Pz. By Pieter Holsteyn
(1580-1662), not dated.
13. _Dresden._ Kgl. Gemälde-Galerie. "Circe and Ulysses." By C.
Ruthart, 1666.
14. _Dresden._ Kgl. Gemälde-Galerie. "The Creation of the Animals."
Supposed to be by Franz Francken (1581-1642), no date, and said to be
by a different artist.
At least 2 _Mauritius Dodos_ have been exhibited alive in Europe, one
brought back by Van Neck in 1599, and which most likely served as the model
for nearly all Roelandt Savery's pictures, and one exhibited in London in
the year 1638, mentioned by Sir Hamon Lestrange. This is almost certainly
the bird afterwards preserved in Tradescant's Museum (1656), and finally in
Oxford (Ashmolean Museum), and probably served for the model of the
supposed Savery picture in the British Museum.
The Dodo inhabited Mauritius.
NOTE.--_Didus nazarenus_ Gmelin, based on the "Oiseau de Nazareth" of
Cauche (Descr. de l'ile de Madagascar, p. 130, ff, 1651) is evidently
founded on a mistaken and partly fictitious description of a Dodo, or
rather a mixture of that of the Dodo and a Cassowary. The name was,
perhaps, also a mistake, derived from that of "_Oiseau de nausée_,"
which has a similar meaning as "Walghvogel."
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Explanation of Plates of Dodo.
_Plate 24._
This was taken from the picture by Roelandt Savery in Berlin, but the
wings, tail and bill have been altered, partly from Pierre Witthoos'
picture of the Bourbon Dodo, and partly from anatomical examination.
The tail, however, appears to have been curled over the back in life,
according to most authors.
_Plate 24 (a)._
_Fig. 1._ Reproduction in outline of the Dodo in Savery's Orpheus at
Haag. Vide antea No. 7 in the List of Paintings.
_Fig. 2._ Outline of Dodo (and Pelican?) in Ruthart's "Circe and
Ulysses" at Dresden. Vide antea No. 13 in the List of Paintings.
_Fig. 3._ Outline of Dodo (and Pelican?) in Frans Franckens (?) picture
in Dresden. Vide antea No. 14 in the List of Paintings.
_Plates 24 (b and c)._
_No. 1._ Outline of Dodo in Roelandt Savery's picture at Berlin. Vide
antea No. 2 in the List of Paintings.
_No. 2._ Outline of picture by Roelandt Savery in the British Museum.
Vide antea No. 9 in the List of Paintings.
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