LIST OF PLATES. 



(Engraved by the Photo-Engraving Company of New York City.) 



[The plates are bound together in the accompanying volume. The figures at the right refer to the pages of the text upon which 



the species illustrated are described.) 



Page. 



1. The Sperm Whale, Phi/ncter mairoceplialns L 



Outline from Scamiuon's Marine Mammals of the Northwest Coast, plate xiv. 



2. The Pygmy Spei -111 Whale, Eoyia Goodei True 11 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 13738, TJ. S. National Museum. Stranded at S| rin^ Lake, New Jersey, April 27, 1883. 

 The Blackfish, Gtoliinceiilialus mi-Inn (Traill) 11 



From Transact inns of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 8, plate 30. 



3. The capture of a school of Blacklish in Cape Cod 12 



Drawing by Henry TV. Elliott, from a sketch by John S. Ryder. 



4. The Cowfish or Gram pus. fi rum pun griseus (Less.) Gray 13 



Outline by Henry W. Elliott, from cast No. 12839, TJ. S. National Museum. 



The Harbor Porpoise, or " Herring Hog," Pliot-ccna bracli i/don Cope 14 



Outline by Henry W. Elliott, from photograph by 0. S. Fish Commission. 



5. The Skunk Porpoise or Bay Porpoise, Laijcnorlii/nchiis guliernator Cope. (= L. perspicilluiuii Cope) Iti 



Outline from plate iv, Proceedings Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 1876. 



The HiyU-linued Killer, Orca rectijiinnia Cope 17 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals of the Northwest Coast. 

 The Sperm Whale Porpoise, Hyperaoflon bidens Owen 18 



Sketch by James Henry Blake, 1809, from specimen stranded at North Deunis. 



6. The White Wbale, or Beluga, Delphinapterus caloilmi (L.) Gill 18 



Outliue by Henry W. Elliott, from cast No. 12490, U. S. National Museum, obtained near Quebec, 1875. 



The Narwhal, Monodon moiioceros L 19 



Sketch by Henry W. Elliott, adapted from Vogt and Specht's " Sangethiere," p. 230. 



7. The Bowhead or Arctic Whale, Balcena mysticetus L 20 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plate xi. 

 The Right Whale of the Pacitic, Balcena japonk-a Gray. (Eubalcena citllamacli) 24 



Outline from Scammou's Marine Mammals, plate xiL 



8. Diagrams illustrating the use of the whalebone plates in the mouth of the Bow head Whale 22 



From sketches by Captain David Grey in Land and Water, December 1, 1877. 

 (Upper.) The Bowhead with its month open. 

 (Lower.) The Buwhead with its mouth shut. 



9. The Humpback of the Pacific, Megapti-ra rersabilin C6pe 26 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plate vii. 



The Sulphur Bottom of the Pacific, SibbaliHn.t s//resCope. 27 



Outline from Scamiuon's Marine Mammals, plate xiii. 



10. Cutting in a Humpback Whale at Provincetowu, Massachusetts 28 



From a sketch by John S. Kyilrr. 



11. The Finback of the Pad lie, Haliriioptera relifera Gope 28 



Outline from Scammou's Marine Mammals, plate ii. 



The California Gray Whale or Uevil-iisb, Ithai-liiaiifctea ylaucus Cope 31 



Outline from Searamon's Marine Mammals, plate ii. 



12. The Pacific Walrus, OiMiainus obcxux (Illiger) Allen 34 



Sketch by Henry W. Elliott, Walrus Island, Alaska, July 5, 1872. 



13. Steller's Sea Lion, Eumetopias Stelltrl (Less.) Peters 38 



Sketch from life by Henry W. Elliott. 



14. The California Sea Lion, Zalopltus callfornianus (Less.) Allen 44 



Sketch from life by Henry W. Elliott. 



15. The Harbor Seal, Phoca riluliaa L 66 



Sketch from life by Henry W. Elliott, Alaska, 1872. 



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