Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 109
combination ofboth. The extinction of our own birds has beencaused largely through the agency of man. Andmen, if they will, can save most of the specieswhich remain. To that end our States have pro-tective laws relating to game- and other birds,and much has been done and is being done toteach… … GREAT AUKS. were too small for flight and it was very awkwardon land, it was an expert swimmer. Its homewas in northern Europe, southern Greenland,southern Labrador, and on our Atlantic coast atleast as far south as Massachusetts. Funk Is-land, north of Newfoundland, was a favoritenesting-place.…
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