Table 13. --Sizes of five Phocoenoides dalli 



Total weight of animal 



110. 



60. 



72. 5 



90. 



115. 



Dall porpoises were observed off the Wash- 

 ington coast on six different occasions during 

 April, four times within 30 miles of Cape 

 Flattery, once about 30 miles west of Willapa 

 Bay, and once 20 miles northwest of Grays 

 Harbor. 



Dall porpoises were not observed in com- 

 pany with other porpoises or dolphins. We 

 collected five Dall porpoises as follows: 



Tac 59-1 D .--Female: 20 March 1959; 

 position lat. 40° 35' N., long. 125° 46' W„ 

 63 miles west of Cape Mendocino; seven in 

 group. Tooth counts: upper jaw--right 26, 

 left 26; lower jaw--right 27, left 27. Stomach 

 contents (volume 85 cc): 100 percent squid 

 remains. 



Tac 59-2 D . --Female, nulliparous, no 

 follicles present in ovaries, uterine horns 

 small and smooth; 28 March 1959; position, 

 lat. 40 36' N., long. 125° 17' W., 42 miles 

 west-northwest of Cape Mendocino; nine in 

 group. Stomach contents (volume 240 cc.): 

 100 percent squid remains. 



Tac 59-3 D. 



40°41 



Fennale; 28 

 N., long. 



March 

 125°17 



1959; 

 W., 



position, lat 



44 miles west-northwest of Cape Mendocino; 



10 in group. Stomach contents: trace of squid, 



MS 59- 2 . --Male; 10 March 1959; position, 

 lat. 36 49'N., long. 122° 00' W., 9 miles 

 south of Santa Cruz; three in group. Tooth 

 counts (visible teeth): upper jaw--right 20, 

 left 20; lower jaw--right 8, left 8. Stomach 

 contents: none. 



MS 59-3 . --Male; 13 March 1959; position, 

 lat. 36 53' N., long. 122° 00' W., 5 miles 

 south of Santa Cruz; only one sighted. Tooth 

 counts (visible teeth): upper jaw--right 23, 

 left 22; lower jaw- -right 4, left 4. Stomach 

 contents: squid beaks. 



Eschrichtius gibbosus , gray whale 



(figs. 4 and 10) 



The gray whale is called Eschrichtius , 

 following Hall and Kelson (1959). 



Gray whales were usually sighted near shore. 



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