Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 724
scar,where they grew to an enormous size, the na-tives of Madagascar having a tradition of suchbirds that were twelve feet in height and strongenough to carry off an ox. One of these, the^Epyornis, which had very short wings, laideggs thirty-two inches around lengthwise. Ahalf-bushel measure might… … EGG OF ,-EPYORNIS, OF OSTRICH, AND OF DUCK. the American Museum of Natural History inNew York City, and is the original of the photo-graph here shown, which I was allowed to makethrough the kindness of Mr. F. M. Chapman, thecurator. The museum has no specimen of theextinct yEpyornis, but several of…
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