Great auks standing on the edge of a cliff. Pinguinus impennis

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Great auks standing on the edge of a cliff. The Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) was a large, flightless alcid bird that became extinct in the mid-19th century. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from "Tiere der Urwelt" Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg. Heinrich Harder (1858-1935) was a German landscape artist and book illustrator. From a series of prehistoric creature cards published by the Reichardt Cocoa company. Natural historian Wilhelm Bolsche wrote the descriptive text.

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