CONTENTS. 
Preface 11 
PART I.-OETACEA. 
Introduction 17 
Chapter I. The California Gray Whale 20 
" II. The Finback Whale 34 
' ' III. The Humpback Whale 38 
" IV. The Sharp -headed Finner Whale 49 
V. The Bowhead, or Great Polar Whale 52 
" VI. The Eight Whale of the North-western Coast (56 
' ' VII. The Sulphurbottom Whale 70 
" VIII. The Sperm Whale 74 
" IX. The Dolphins 85 
Section I. The Blackfisk 85 
II The Orca, or Killer 88 
III. The Whitefish, or White Whale 93 
IV. The Bay Porpoise 95 
V. The Striped or Common Porpoise 98 
VI. Baird's Dolphin 99 
VII The Eight Whale Porpoise 101 
VIII The Cowfish 101 
IX. The Whiteheaded or Mottled Grampus 103 
A'. The Bottlenosed Grampus 103 
AT. The Panama Grampus 104 
XII The Puget Sound Grampus 105 
XIII. The San Diego Bay Grampus 105 
ATT. The Squareheaded Grampus 106 
XV. The Brownsided Dolphin of Santa Barbara Channel 106 
XVI The Narwhal 107 
PART II.-PINNIPEDIA. 
Introduction 113 
Chapter I. The Sea Elephant 115 
II. The Sea Lion 124 
III. The Banded Seal 140 
IV. Fur Seals 141 
' ' V. The Leopard Seal 164 
VI. The Sea Otter 168 
" VII. The Walrus 176 
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