ut in vocibus Anglicis, _high_, _mighty_, &c.) apud eos
plerumque sonat Dôdu; nam sonus Gain in medio vocum fere
evanescere solet. Hocque nomen innuit quasi foecundidate ea
similis esset ejusdem nominis Gallinæ Indicæ, cujus Icon apud
Herbertum in Itinerario extat sub nomine Dodo, cujus etiam
exuviæ farctæ in Auditorio Anatomico Oxoniensi servantur.
Reliqua ex Icone dignoscantur. Plurima parit ova, unde et
commodum foecunditatis emblema."

T.J.


"_Under the Rose_" (Vol. i., p. 214.).--I find the three following
derivations for this phrase in my note-book:--

I. "The expression, 'under the rose,' took its origin," says
Jenoway, "from the wars between the Houses of York and
Lancaster. The parties respectively swore by the red or the
white rose, and these opposite emblems were displayed as the
_signs of two taverns_; one of which was by the side of, and the
other opposite to, the Parliament House in Old Palace Yard,
Westminster. Here the retainers and servants of the noblemen
attached to the Duke of York and Henry VI. used to meet. Here
also, as disturbances were frequent, measures either of defence
or annoyance were taken, and every transaction was said to be
done 'under the rose;' by which expression the most profound
secrecy was implied."

II. According to others, this term originated in the fable of Cupid
giving the rose to Harpocrates, the god of silence, as a bribe to