FAUNA OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AND ALASKA PENINSULA 337 



Globicephala scammonii: Pacific Blackfish 



Our information on this dolphin is very meager. Dall (1869, 

 p. 333) reported it in Bering Sea, and Osgood {1901, p. 25) re- 

 ported it in the Queen Charlotte Islands. We found no evidence of 

 its presence in the Aleutians. 



Lissodelphis borealis: Right-whale Porpoise 



This species is rather vaguely listed as ranging into Bering Sea. 

 Turner mentioned it briefly in his report on the Aleutians, and he 

 mentioned native names for some porpoises which he was unable 

 to identify, but he had no positive information to offer on this 

 form. I have been unable to find precise information for the 

 Aleutian district. 



Lagenorhynchus obliquidens: Pacific Striped Porpoise 



Aleut (dialect?) : A-ga-makh'-chikh (Turner) 



Turner (1886, p. 197) reported that he saw a number of 

 dolphins sporting about the ship at Amchitka Island, and he 

 described them thus : 



These creatures were only about eight or nine feet in length and had 

 numerous markings, stripes, or bars, along the sides and throat. These 

 markings were two or three inches wide and of a sulphur-yellow color, 

 while the back and sides were bluish-black. 



Two or three persons on the vessel declared they had seen the same 

 species in the waters of the Japan coast, and gave the name Japan Dolphins 

 to those seen near Amchitka. I do not know to what species they should be 

 referred. 



We saw none of these dolphins in the Aleutian area, but 

 Turner's description suggests the striped dolphin. 



Phocoena vomerina: Pacific Harbor Porpoise 



Aleut (dialect?) : A-ld gikh (Turner) 

 Russian: Svinka (Turner) 



Osgood (1904, p. 27) records two skulls obtained at Kanatak 

 by Maddren in the fall of 1903. Preble and McAtee record a num- 

 ber of specimens from the Pribilof Islands. True (in Jordan 1899, 

 p. 353) reported — 



A few bones of a small porpoise, apparently of this species, were picked 

 up at St. Paul June 3, 1890, and two small schools were seen in the harbor 

 at Unalaska May 20 and 21, the same year. A specimen of this species 

 was obtained by Mr. Charles H. Townsend at Captain's Harbor, Unalaska, 

 August 17, 1895. 



Turner (1886, p. 200) stated that he saw these porpoises in the 



