ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Plate I. Frontispiece. — Whaling Scene in the California Lagoons. 
II. The California Gray Whale, and the Finback "Whale between pages 24-25 
III. Embryos of a California Gray Whale facing page 20 
IV. Indian Whaling Implements facing page 28 
V. California Grays among the Ice facing page 32 
" VI. Esquimaux Whaling Canoe ami Whaling Implements facing page 37 
Outlines of a Northern Finback 37 
VII. Humpback and Sharpheaded Finner Whales between pages -40-41 
" VIII. Humpbacks Lobtailing, Bolting, Breaching, and Finning facing page 44 
Outlines of a Humpback Whale 47 
Aleutian Islanders' Whale Harpoon 47 
Outlines of a Humpback, from above 48 
" IX. Appearance of a Female Humpback Suckling her Young facing page 48 
X. Eye and Parasites of Baleen Whales facing page 56 
Outline of Roys' " Bunchback" 56 
" XL The Bowhead or Great Polar Whale between pages 52-53 
Full-grown Baleen of Seven Species of Whales 55 
XII. Eight Whale of the North-western Coast between pages 68-69 
XIII. Sulphurbottoni Whale between pages 72-73 
XIV. Sperm Whale between pages 76-77 
XV. Sperm Whale in Search of Food facing page 80 
XVI. The Blackfish facing page 84 
" XVII. Oreas or Killers facing page 88 
" XVIII. White Whale, or Whitehall of the Whalers facing page 96 
" XIX. Baird's Dolphin, Common Porpoise, and Right Whale Porpoise.. . .facing page 100 
Approximate Outlines of Cowfish, AVhite- headed or Mottled Grampus, Bottle- 
nosed Grampus, and Panama Grampus 102 
XX. Sea Elephant, and Sea Lion facing page 117 
Club and Lance used in the capture of the Sea Elephant 118 
Male Sea Lion Sleeping, and Male Sea Lion Waking 126 
Appearance of a Male Sea Lion when Roaring, and Female Sea Lions, of St. 
Paul's Island 127 
XXI. Banded Seal, and Fur Seal facing page 140 
Full-aged Male Fur Seal, St. Paul's Island .' 143 
Head of Female Fur Seal, from below, two -thirds natural size 145 
Head of Female Fur Seal, side view, two -thirds natural size 147 
Side view of Female Fur Seal, view of Female Fur Seal from below, and 
attitudes of Fur Seals 149 
Seal Spear of the Makah Indians, Nee-ah Bay, W. T., 1S66, and Spear Head, 
full size, with line attached 159 
Moving attitude of a Leopard Seal, on shore 164 
Marine Mammals.— 2. [ 9 ] 
