INDEX. 



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Page 



Roys, Captain, measurement of Sulpbuibot- 



tom by 70 



notice of "Buncbbacks" and Bowlieads.GO-Gl 



San Diego Bay GramjJus 105 



Santa Barbara Island, hunting Sea Lions on. 132 

 Scammon's Lagoon, California Grays in ... . 24 



' ' Scrim.sliawing " 275 



Scoresby, notice of Narwhal 108 



on number of whales killed 18G 



Sea Elephant 115-123 



color of 116 



fisherj', extent of at present day 123 



form of IIG 



geograjjhical distribution of 115 



habits of 117 



measurements of 115-116 



method of hunting at Herd's Island. 120-1 2 2 



mode of caj^tui-ing 118 



names of animals of different ages 117 



their present places of resort 119 



time of gestation of 118 



Seal, Banded 140 



Fur 141-163 



external form of 144 



fishery of 148 



habits of 146 



haunts of 146 



manner of killing 160 



measurements of 142 



method of caj^turing . 153 



method of capturing by Indians. . . 154 



mode of curing skins of 161 



names for at different ages 141 



princijial resorts of at jjresent 155 



season of 151 



time of gestation 144 



use of flesh of 163 



value of as an article of commerce. 144 



value of skins 162 



whether producing more than one 



young at one time 144 



Sea Lion 124-139 



combats of for females 131 



commercial value of 135 



dimensions usually exaggerated 130 



form of 128 



genera and species of 124 



geographical distribution of 124 



habits of 130-135 



measurements of 128-129 



pupping season of 131 



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Sea Lion, skill of in leaping down rock. . . . 133 

 their mode of capture on the Asiatic 



shores of the Pacific 137 



Seal, Leopard 164-167 



habits of IGC 



how captui-ed 167 



size of 164 



Sea Otter, Indian mode of hunting 173 



" Sea squid " 80 



Sharpheaded Tinner Whale 49-51 



Ships, outfits, and manner of taking the 



■whale 216 



Shore -hunting of Sea Otter 172 



Smith, Captain, measurement of Bowhead 



Whale by 54 



South America, capture of the Sea Lion on 



its shores 138 



Southern Right Whale grounds 215 



Stillman, Dr. J. D. B., notice of a Sulphur- 

 bottom Whale 71 



St. Paul's Island, Sea Lions on 130 



number of Fur Seals frequenting 161 



Striped or Common Porpoise 98 



Sperm Whale 74-84 



grounds 214 



Squareheaded Grampus 106 



Sulphurbottom Whale 70-73 



Swift, Captain J. H., notice of first capture 



of Bowheads 60 



Tchantar Bay, whaling in 62 



Umbrella, cotton, used in caijturiug Sea 



Lions 136 



Walrus 176-181 



capture of 179 



contests of with Polar Bear ISO 



decrease in numbers of 181 



distribution of 178 



form of 176-177 



Whale, Arctic Bowhead, parasites of 57 



Bowhead, baleen of 55 



description of 52 



first taken in Behring Sea 213 



habitat of 57 



habits of 58 



herding-places of 59 



length of time under water 57 



manner of feeding 54 



measurements of 53 



oil and bone yield of 52 



when first taken in the Okhotsk Sea . 00 

 breeding-places of 64 



