Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



List of Plates vi 



List of Figures vii 



Introduction I 



Beached Bi rd and Mammal Surveys I 



Use of the Manual 2 



MARINE BIRDS 4 



Measurements of Marine Birds 4 



Gl ossary of Terms 7 



Key to Bi rd Keys 16 



Bird Keys 



Loons 24 



Grebes 25 



Albatrosses ..... 26 



Petrel s 27 



Boobies 31 



Cormorants 32 



Waterfowl 33 



Shorebi rds 42 



Skuas and Jaegers 50 



Gulls 51 



Terns and Skimmers 62 



Al ci ds 66 



Plates 73 



Species Accounts 115 



Books and Articles for Additional Information 



on Aquatic Birds 151 



MARINE MAMMALS 153 



Measurements and Glossary of Marine Mammal Terms 154 



Mammal Keys 159 



Pinnipeds 160 



Sea Otter 167 



Bal een Whal es 168 



Toothed Whales and Dolpfi ins 170 



Plates 176 



Species Accounts 1 78 



Books and Articles for Additional Information 



on Marine Mammals 183 



Agencies to Notify Concerning Beached Marine Mammals 186 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1 88 



INDEX TO SPECIES , 189 



