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Notes Upon The Island Of Dominica (british West Indies) - Containing Information For Settlers, Investors, Tourists,... Notes Upon The Island Of Dominica (british West Indies) - Containing Information For Settlers, Investors, Tourists, Naturalists, And Others (Hardcover)
Symington Grieve
R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Notes Upon The Island Of Dominica (british West Indies) - Containing Information For Settlers, Investors, Tourists,... Notes Upon The Island Of Dominica (british West Indies) - Containing Information For Settlers, Investors, Tourists, Naturalists, And Others (Paperback)
Symington Grieve
R498 Discovery Miles 4 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Great Auk, or Garefowl - Its History, Archaeology, and Remains (Paperback): Symington Grieve The Great Auk, or Garefowl - Its History, Archaeology, and Remains (Paperback)
Symington Grieve
R1,019 Discovery Miles 10 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The great auk (Pinguinus impennis, formerly Alca impennis), a flightless bird of the north Atlantic, became extinct in the mid-1850s because of over-hunting - apart from being used as a food source and as fish-bait, its down was used for feather beds, and efforts in the early nineteenth century to reduce the slaughter were not effective. The last breeding pair was killed in 1844. This 1885 work by Scottish naturalist and scientist Symington Grieve (1850-1932) collects together 'a considerable amount of literature bearing upon the 'History, Archaeology, and Remains' of this extinct bird'. The material includes articles on the historic distribution of the great auk, its known habits, its various names, and information on all the surviving specimens, whether stuffed, skeletal, bones, or eggs. The book is illustrated with drawings and lithographs of auk remains, and an appendix supplies historical and contemporary documents on the auk from all over Europe.

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