Pinguinus impennis, great auk
1 of 6 shots of Dr Leach's 139 great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century
Picture No
10714951
Media ID
47622468
Size
2100px x 2819px
(2.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
