Hodges, W: Poe-Bird, New-Zeeland

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Hodges, W : Poe-Bird, New-Zeeland

London, W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1777.

220 x 180mm.

The New Zealand tui, named by Cook the poi-bird, He wrote: 'Under its throat hang two little tufts of curled, snow-white feathers, called its poies, which being the Otaheitean word for ear-rings, occasioned our giving the name to the bird, which is not more remarkable for the beauty of its plumage than for the sweetness of its note. The flesh is also most delicious, and was the greatest luxury the woods afforded us'. William Hodges was the official artist on Cook's Second Voyage.

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