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Description Richard Owen's first reconstruction of the dodo's skeleton. It is too squat due to having been based on a painting by Roelant Savery which may have shown and overfed or stuffed bird. The small skeleton is the Samoan dove.
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Source https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/193035#page/77/mode/1up
Author James Erxleben

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

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