 First here only and in Dygarrois [ Rodrigues , likely referring to the solitaire ] is generated the Dodo , which for shape and rareness may antagonize the Phoenix of Arabia : her body is round and fat , few weigh less than fifty pound . It is reputed more for wonder than for food , greasie stomackes may seeke after them , but to the delicate they are offensive and of no nourishment . Her visage darts forth melancholy , as sensible of Nature 's injurie in framing so great a body to be guided with complementall wings , so small and impotent , that they serve only to prove her bird . The halfe of her head is naked seeming couered with a fine vaile , her bill is crooked downwards , in midst is the trill [ nostril ] , from which part to the end tis a light green , mixed with pale yellow tincture ; her eyes are small and like to Diamonds , round and rowling ; her clothing downy feathers , her train three small plumes , short and inproportionable , her legs suiting her body , her pounces sharpe , her appetite strong and greedy . Stones and iron are digested , which description will better be conceived in her representation . 
