 One of the original names for the dodo was the Dutch " Walghvogel " , first used in the journal of Vice Admiral Wybrand van Warwijck , who visited Mauritius during the Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia in 1598 . Walghe means " tasteless " , " insipid " , or " sickly " , and vogel means " bird " . The name was translated into German as Walchstök or Walchvögel , by Jakob Friedlib . The original Dutch report titled Waarachtige Beschryving was lost , but the English translation survived : 
