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THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



American Museum has an opportunity 

 to exhibit the finest collection of aquatic 

 mammals in the world. It has both the 

 material and the land area and no need 

 is]^ greater than the completion of the 

 court building. Until that time all 

 exhibition work in this department is at 



a standstill, the collections which have 

 been gathered at great labor and expense 

 are in danger of deterioration, and the 

 public is being deprived of one of the 

 most instructive and interesting ex- 

 hibits which any museum can offer its 

 patrons. 



Side view of Pacific right whale porpoise {Tursio horealis). Tliree fragmentary sliulls of this 

 exceedingly rare species were the only specimens preserved in museimis before the expedition to Japan 

 secm-ed three complete skeletons, with accompanying data of external structure. (Note the absence 

 of a dorsal fin) 



Ventral view of Pacific right whale porpoise (Tursio horealis) 



Head of a Pacific dolphin (Lagenorhynchus ohUquidens). This is one of the most common dolphins 

 of the North Pacific and yet it is rare in collections. Five skeletons were secured for the American 

 Museum 



