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Gould, Zoology
Darwin had intended to collect and preserve the bird in this illustration, but it was served to him for dinner instead! Horrified, he later wrote in his journal, “It was cooked and eaten before my memory returned. Fortunately the head, neck, legs, wings, many of the larger feathers, and a large part of the skin, had been preserved.” Based on an analysis of the surviving parts, the ornithologist John Gould named the bird Rhea darwinii.
John Gould (1804-1881) and Charles Darwin (1809–1882). Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle. Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1839.
