Restoration of two great auk ( Pinguinus impennis ) eggs: Bourman Labrey's egg and the Scarborough egg

• Published in: Archives of Natural History
• Main Authors: Birkhead, T. R., Axon, G., Middleton, J. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh University Press 2020
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); History; Anthropology; Scarborough; Great auk; Pinguinus impennis
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/anh.2020.0663; https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full-xml/10.3366/anh.2020.0663

Most of the approximately 75 known eggs of the extinct great auk ( Pinguinus impennis) are in public museums, with a few in private collections. A small number of these eggs has sustained damage, either at the time of collection or subsequently, and two of these eggs are known to have been repaired....