LIST OF PLATES 



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1. The Sperm Wliale, Physeter mairocephuhis L 7 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals of the Noithwest Coast, plate xiv. 



2. The Pygmy Speriii Whale, Kogia Goodci True 11 



Drawing l)y II. L. Todd, from No. 13738, U. S. National Museum. Stranded at SjiringLake, New Jersey, April 27, 1883. 



The Blackii,sh, Ghhiocei,haliis melas (Traill) ' 11 



from Transactions of the Zooloj:ical Society of London, vol. 8, plate 30. 



3. The capture of a nhool of BlackiisU in Cape Coil 12 



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



4. The Cowtisb or Grampus, Grampus griscus (Less. ) Gray 13 



Outline by Henry W. Elliott, fiom cast No. 12839, U. S. National Museum. • 

 The Harbor Porpoise, or " Herrius; Hog," Fhocceiia hracliycion Cope 14 



Outline by Heniy W. Elliott, from photograph by tJ. S. Fish Commission. 



5. The Skunk Porpoise or Bay Porpoise, Lagcnoilnjiichiis yiibernator Cope {= L. perspiciUuiiis Cope) Ki 



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



The High-finned Killer, Oica nvtipiniiis Cope 17 



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



The Sperm Whale Porpoise, Hi/peraodon hkleiis wen 18 



Sketch by James Henry Blake, 1869, from specimen stranded at North Dennis. 



(i. The White Whale, or Beluga, Delphhiapterus calodon (L.) Gill IH 



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



The Narwhal, Monodon monoceros L 19 



Sketch by Henry W. Elliott, adapted from Vogtand Specht's " Saugethiere," p. 236. 



7. The Bowhead or Arctic Whale, Balwna mysticetiis L 20 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plate xi. 



The Right Whale of the Pacific, Balamajapoinca Gray. {EubaJcena cullamach) 24 



Outline from Scainmou's Marino Mammals, plate xii. 



8. Diagrams illustrating the use of the whalebone plates iu the month of the Bowhead Whale 22 



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

 (Upper.) The Bowhead with its mouth open. 

 (Lower.) The Bowhead with its mouth shut. 



9. The Humiiback of the Pacific, ilegaptvra rersabilis Cope 26 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plate vii. 



The Sulphur Bottom of the Pacific, Sibbaldius sulf areas Cope 27 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plate xiii. 



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



From a sketch by John S. Ryder. 



11. The Finback of the Pacific, Balaiiioptera velifera Cope 28 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plate ii. 



The California Gray Whale or Devil-fi.sh, Ekacliiaiwctes ylaucus Co\i6 31 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plate ii. 



12. The Pacific Walrus, Odobceniis obenus (lUiger) Allen 34 



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



13. Steller's Sea Liuu, Eumetupias .'^tclhri (Less.) Peters — 38 



Sketch from life by Henry W. Elliott. 



14. The California Sea Lion, ZalophiiH caUforiiiaiius (Less.) Allen 44 



Sketch from life by Henry W. Elliott. 



15. The Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina L hG 



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



