Frontispiece

pp iii-iii

Colophon

pp iv-iv

Dedication

pp v-vi

PREFACE

pp vii-viii

Contents

pp ix-x

ILLUSTRATIONS

pp xi-xii

CHAP. I - INTRODUCTION

pp 1-3

CHAP. II - The Distribution of the Great Auk—The living Bird in its American Habitats

pp 4-7

CHAP. III - The living Great Auk in its European Habitats

pp 8-26

CHAP. IV - The Remains of the Great Auk—Introduction to the Subject—Discoveries in North America

pp 27-30

CHAP. V - The Remains of the Great Auk in Denmark and Iceland

pp 31-42

CHAP. VI - British Remains of the Great Auk—Keiss in Caithness-shire

pp 43-46

CHAP. VII - British Remains of the Great Auk (continued)—Oronsay in Argyllshire

pp 47-58

CHAP. VIII - How was Caisteal-nan-Gillean formed, and to what period does it probably belong?

pp 59-61

CHAP. IX - English Remains of the Great Auk

pp 62-64

CHAP. X - The Habits of the Garefowl, and the Region it lived in

pp 65-75

CHAP. XI - EXISTING REMAINS OF THE GAREFOWL

pp 76-114

CHAP. XII - The Uses to which the Great Auk was put by Man

pp 115-120

CHAP. XIII - The Names by which the Great Auk has been known, and their Philology

pp 121-139

CHAP. XIV - The Period during which the Great Auk lived—Conclusion

pp 140-142

APPENDICES

pp 143-144

NO. I

pp 145-147

NO. II

pp 148-178

NO. III

pp 179-180

NO. IV

pp 181-181

NO. V

pp 182-183

NO. VI

pp 183-183

NO. VII

pp 184-184

NO. VIII

pp 184-184