In June 1844, farmers Jón Brandsson and Sigurður ... on Eldey that Tim Birkhead deals with in the first half of The Great Auk, a book that’s both a homage to the extinct bird and an account ...

Show more The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life ... and the last two were killed in 1844. But then the bird became an obsession for collectors who vied for the last skins, eggs and skeletons.

Demand from museums and collectors dealt a final, deadly blow in 1844, when the last unfortunate breeding pair fled in vain from hunters, who also crushed their single egg. The great auk has now ...

IMAGINATION has long had a large share in the accounts given of the Gare-fowl or Great Auk, notwithstanding the efforts of those who have tried to set forth nothing but the truth on the subject ...

But there is a very different story told of it in Mr. Symington Grieve's important work on “The Great Auk, its history, archæology, and remains,” published in 1885. At p. 105 of this volume ...

In June 1844, farmers Jón Brandsson and Sigurður Ísleifsson, along with 12 others, made the perilous journey by boat from Iceland to the island of Eldey. They were searching for great auks ...

In June 1844, farmers Jón Brandsson and Sigurður Ísleifsson ... this final obliteration on Eldey that Tim Birkhead deals with in the first half of The Great Auk, a book that’s both a homage to the ...