<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Raphus cucullatus</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Raphus</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>dodo</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>dodos</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Extinct flightless birds native to Mauritius, first seen by Portuguese sailors about 1507. They were extinct by 1681 Dodos weighed about  50 pounds, had blue-gray plumage, a big head, a blackish bill with reddish sheath forming the hooked tip, small useless wings, stout yellow legs, and a tuft of curly feathers high on its rear end. ]]></note></mads>