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Mr. Buxton's notes contain references to several other 

 species of Cetacea observed by him, but no specimens were 

 collected. These include the Killer (probably Orca rectipinna 

 Cope), of which one was seen at Ay an, August 3, 1900, and 

 two others in the bay at Okhotsk, September 18, 1901. Por- 

 poises were seen off the coast of Korea in May, 1900, and at 

 Okhotsk in September, 1901. Also Humpbacks and Fin- 

 backs off the coast of Saghalin Island in September, 1901, 

 where many are taken by the Kaiserling Company "for their 

 oil and flesh, which is sold principally to the Japanese for 

 food." 



Respecting the 'Right' Whale, probably Balana sieboldii 

 Gray, he says: "Saw two Right Whales between Ay an and 

 Okhotsk on August 4, 1900"; and adds: 



' ' The hunting of this species was formerly prosecuted with 

 great energy by the Americans in Okhotsk Sea and adjacent 

 waters, but is now almost totally abandoned, only one or two 

 filibustering schooners visiting these waters each year. One 

 American schooner visited Penginski and Gichiginski Gulfs in 

 the spring of 1900 and secured several whales. The same one 

 returned in April and May, 1901, but got none. I saw some 

 ' three-foot ' bone in a Koryak yomta at Shestacova on Pen- 

 ginski Gulf. An occasional one is seen off the mouth of 

 Gichiga River by the people living there and the coast Koryaks 

 now sometimes catch one along the Taiganose Peninsula. 

 Slabs of bone sawed from the whale's lower jawbone are used 

 by the Russians and natives to shoe their sledges with late 

 in the spring." 



2. Rangifer tarandus (Linn.). 

 REINDEER. 



Reindeer are represented by specimens of both wild and 

 domesticated animals, from several quite widely separated 

 localities, including two races of the domesticated Reindeer. 

 These specimens were collected partly by Mr. Buxton and 

 partly by Mr. Bogoras, as follows: A series of 5 specimens, 

 skins and skulls, collected for mounting by Mr. Buxton, 



