Introduction - Who killed the Great Auk?
1: This rare and noble bird
2: Geirfuglasker: The Icelandic bird skerries
3: Travels with Audubon in Labrador
4: Westward ho!
5: A visit to Funk Island
6: Books of authority
7: Wild foulis biggand - The Great Auk on St. Kilda
8: The New-Found-Land
9: Uncouth regions
10: Mercenary and cruel
11: The old wisdom of the Faeroe Islands
12: In search of the Great Auk
13: Last appearances
14: Generation after generation
15: Bird protection: A pressing need
16: An Act of Parliament
Epilogue
Appendices: Description of the Great Auk based on a specimen
acquired by Audubon in London; Discussion of Great Auk
nomenclature; Abridged version of the Act for the Preservation of
Sea Birds, 1869; The Victorian egg collectors.
Jeremy A. Gaskell, c/o A M Gaskell, Lyndale, Luxborough, Watchet,
Somerset, TA23 0SJ impennis44@hotmail.com Jeremy Gaskell's interest
in the Great Auk dates from his teens, when he first planned a
visit to its traditional breeding grounds in Iceland. An active
ornithologist, he has travelled as far afield as Thailand, and has
also acquired extensive knowledge of the birds of the Middle East.
He is the author of a number of articles and academic papers on
subjects
as diverse as the early history of British ornithology, and seabird
identification. In 1998 he broadcast a history of the Great Auk on
the BBC World Service.
`"This little book is a fitting memorial to the lost penguin of the
northern seas. It's a labour of love."'
Evening Standard, Monday 27th November 2000
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