TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART I. MAMMALS. 



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A. THE WHALES AND PORPOISES. BY G. BROWN GOODE. 



1. The Sperm Whale 7 



2. The Blackfishes or Pilot Whales 11 



3. The Grampuses or Cowfishes 13 



4. The Harbor Porpoises or Herring Hogs 14 



5. The Dolphins 16 



6. The Killer Whales or Orcas 17 



7. The Sperm Whale Porpoise 18 



8. The White Whale or Beluga 18 



i). The Narwhal 19 



10. The Greenland, Bowhead, or Polar Whale 20 



11. The Right Whales 24 



12. The Humpback Whales 26 



13. The Sulphur Bottom Whales 27 



14. The Finback Whales 28 



15. The Scrag Whales 30 



16. The California Gray Whales 31 



B. THE SEALS AND WALRUSES. BY JOEL A. ALLEN. 



17. The Seal tribe in general 33 



18. The Walruses 34 



19. The Sea Lions and Fur Seals in general 37 



20. The Sea Lion 38 



21. The California Sea Lion 44 



22. TheFur,Seal 49 



23. The Harbor Seal 55 



24. The Harp Seal 62 



25. The Ringed Seal 65 



26. The Ribbon Seal 67 



27. The West Indian Seal 67 



28. The Hooded Seal 68 



29. The California Sea Elephant 72 



C. THE HABITS OF THE FUR-SEAL. BY HENRY W. ELLIOTT. 



30. A life history of the Fur-Seal 75 



D. THE MANATEES AND THE ARCTIC SEA-COW. BY FREDERICK W. TRUE. 



31. The Manatees 114 



'\'i. The Arctic Sea-Cow 128 



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