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Kellogg (1936) found bones of this whale in midden material 

 from ancient village sites on Kodiak Island. 



Family ZIPHIIDAE 



Berardius bairdii: Baird Beaked Whale 



This species is generally spoken of as ranging in Bering Sea, 

 and Turner mentions it tentatively for the Aleutian Islands. We 

 did not obtain evidence of its presence in the Aleutians, nor for 

 the waters of southwest Alaska. 



Mesoplodon stejnegeri: Stejneger Beaked Whale 



This rare whale was described from Bering Island, and it 

 could be expected to occur in the Aleutians. The Ziphiidae have 

 seldom been observed, and we have very little information about 

 them. 



Ziphius cavirostris: Cuvier Beaked Whale 



This is another whale that may occur in the Aleutian district, 

 but we did not identify any. True (1910, p. 2) lists a specimen 

 found in Kiska Harbor in September 1904. Walker (unpublished 

 notes) mentions descriptions of whales by Captain Earling taken 

 off the southeast Alaskan coast, which suggest both Berardius 

 bairdii and Ziphius cavirostris. The Aleuts of Attu Island assured 

 me that there were "many other" whales in the Aleutians, but 

 the difficulty of describing the different species to the Aleuts 

 precluded any satisfactory listing of names. 



On several occasions, we found remains of unknown whales on 

 beaches. Further work is necessary to clarify whale distribution 

 in the Aleutian Islands. 



