Dodo (Raphus cucullatus)
From Bilder-atlas zur Wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Vögel ( Atlas, or Volume of plates to Scientific and popular natural history of birds), by Leopold Joseph Fitzinger, Vienna, 1864.
(Source: archive.org)
(Source: oldbookillustrations, via scientificillustration)
In like second grade I thought these were the coolest thing ever.
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Reblogging for a certain Assistant Director who loves Dodos.