Errol Fuller

Similar to his book on passenger pigeons, but with other birds and some mammals also included. Thankfully most of the images are reproduced in better quality, though.

A sort of coffee-table companion to the passenger pigeon. Fuller usefully reproduces many of the known images of the bird, most of which are well done but some of which are pixelated and should have been reproduced as a higher quality. The text is a broad overview only.

Depressingly, we've had extinctions since photography's been a thing. While most of us know extinct animals from prints, photos add a sense of realism often missed. Mostly birds, with some mammals because these are the megafauna people would take pictures of (fish, amphibians, reptiles, and plants alas ignored...)

Short read, with large print.

A heartbreaking look at extinct animals as seen through archival photographs. 4 stars