TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



CHILDHOOD AND SCHOOL 



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William Newton — His sons — Birth of Alfred at Geneva — Elveden 

 Hall— Sport at Elveden — Accident in childhood — Affection for 

 his brother Edward — Early interest in Natural History — School 

 — First visit to Cambridge — Letters from school — Dogs and 

 pets — Enters at Cambridge 1 



CHAPTER II 



EARLY INTEREST IN NATURAL HISTORY 



Magdalene — Takes degree — Norfolk Travelling Fellowship — Other 

 naturalists — John Wolley — Wolley's experiences in Lapland — 

 Sales of eggs — Newton goes to Lapland — Interest in northern 

 faunas — Musk Ox — Breeding-place of Knot — Alfred Newton 

 Glacier — Visit to W. Indies — Notes on Humming-birds — Visit 

 to U.S.A.— J. H. Gurney 11 



CHAPTER III 



VISIT TO ICELAND 



Visit to Iceland — Lands in Faroe — The Meal Sack — Hospitality at 

 Reykjavik — Learning Icelandic — Journey through Iceland — 

 Streams of lava — Reykjanes — Submarine eruption — Habits of 

 Great Auk — Failure of expedition 27 



CHAPTER IV 



THE GREAT AUK 



Extinction of Great Auk — History of the bird — Buying a Great 

 Auk's egg — Its obscure history — Discovery of ten Great Auks' 

 eggs — Gare-fowl book — Visit to Great Auk's breeding-places — 

 Dodo and other extinct birds — Great Bustard — Acclimatisation 

 and extermination 40 



