Symington Grieve

The Great Auk, or Garefowl

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1885 work collects together information on the extinct great auk, including its distribution, various names, and physical remains.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781108081474
• ISBN-10: 1108081479
• Artikelnr.: 42139819

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. The distribution of the great auk
3. The living great auk in its European habitats
4. The remains of the great auk
5. The remains of the great auk in Denmark and Iceland
6. British remains of the great auk
7. British remains of the great auk (cont.)
8. How was Caisteal-nan-Gillean formed
9. English remains of the great auk
10. The habits of the garefowl, and the region it lived in
11. Information regarding existing remains of the great auk
12. The uses to which the great auk was put by man
13. The names by which the great auk has been known
14. The period during which the great auk lived
Appendices
Index.