WHALE HUNTING WITH GUN AND CAMERA 



When in Japan in 1910 I saw a photograph of a 

 whale which was said to occur at certain times of the 

 year only in Tokyo Bay, and when a skeleton was 

 finally secured for the American Museum of Natural 

 History, the whale was found to represent an ex- 

 ceedingly rare species, Bcrardius bairdi, which had 

 been taken only in Alaskan waters. 



Thus, it is evident that at the present time we know 

 almost nothing about the distribution of these strange 

 whales. Every year or two new species are being dis- 

 covered and there is evidence to show that the family, 

 as it now exists, is the last survivor of a once numer- 

 ous group. 



