APPENDIX A.-Ornithology of Iceland, by A. Newton, Esq.
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PREFACE.
My object in visiting Iceland was twofold. I purposed examining scenes famous in Saga, and filling a portfolio with water-colour sketches.
The reader must bear this in mind, otherwise he may be disappointed at finding in these pages little new matter of scientific interest.
The landscape painter will thank me for having opened to him a new field for his pencil; and the antiquarian will be glad to obtain an insight into the habits and customs of Icelanders in the tenth and eleventh centuries.
My illustrations faithfully represent the character of the country, though they necessarily fail in render