LIST OF PLATES. 



(Engraved by the Photo-Engraving Company of New York City.) 



[The plates are bound together in the accompanying volume. The figure* at the right refer to the page* of the text upon which 



the species illustrated are described.] 



1. The Sperm Whale, Phi/utter ni<i'i-<ry</>u/k L 



Outline from Sc.iiiiiiion'it Mnrine Mammilla of the Northwest Cout, pUte xiv. 



2. The Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia (loodei True 11 



Drawing by H. L. ToiUl. from No. 13738, 0. S. National Museum. Stranded at 8] ring Lakr, Kew Jeney, Apt II 27, 1883. 



The Blacklist), <;/../m..r; halm mtlas (Traill) 11 



Prom Transact ions of the Zoological Soriety of London, vol. 8, plate 30. 



3. Tlie capture of a t-chool of Black lisli in Cape Cod 18 



Drawing by Henry W. Elliott, from a sketch by John S. Ryder. 



4. The CowfiHhorGraiupns, (Irampvn griseui (Less.) Gray 13 



Ontline by Henry W. Elliott, from cast No. 12839, U. S. National Unsrum. 

 The Harbor Porpoise, or " Henim: Hoe;," I'luxama bracliycion Cope 14 



outline by Henry W. Elliott, from photograph by U. S. Fish Commission. 

 6. The Skunk Porpoise i>r Bay Porpoise, Lagenorh/nchiu gubtmator Cojie (= L. ptrtpicillolmi Cope) 16 



Outline from plate iv, Proceedings Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 1878. 

 The Hij;li - tinned Killer, Orca rectipinnis Cope 17 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals of the Northwest Coast. 

 The Sperm Whale Porpoise, HyperaoAon 6trfenOwen 18 



Sketch by James Henry Blake. 1869, from specimen stranded at North Denuia. 



6. The White Whale, or Beluga, DelpMnaplenii calodon (L.) Gill 18 



Oulliuo by Henry W. Elliott, from cast No. 12490, U. S. National Museum, obtained tear Quebec, 1K75. 



The Narwhal, Monotlon monomv* L 19 



Sketch by Henry W. Elliott, adapted from Vofrt and Specht'a "Saogethlere," p. 236. 



7. The Bowhead or Arctic Whale, Hnlium mysticetui L S80 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plate xi. 



The Right Whale of the Pacific, Baltma japonira Gray. (Eubaltma cnllamach') 24 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammal*, plate xii. 



-. Diagrams illustrating the nse of the whalebone plntes in the month of the Bowhead Whale 88 



From sketches by Captain David Grey in Land and Water, December 1, 1877. 

 (Upper.) The Bowhead with its month open. 

 (Lower.) The Bowhead with its mouth shut 



9. The Humpback of the Paci6c, Mrgaplnn rersabil'u Cope 88 



Outline from St-immon's Marine Mammals, plate vii. 



The Sulphur Bottom of the Pacific, Sibbaldius nulfureu* Cope 87 



Outline from Scammon's Marine MnmmaU, plate xili. 



10. Cutting in a Humpback Whale at Provincetuwii, MaasachugetU 28 



From a sketch by John S. Ryder. 



11. The Finback of the Pacific, italtr noplera retiferg Cope 88 



Outline from Scammon'H Marine Mammals, plute ii. 



The California Gray Whale or Devil-fish, Khavhianectet glaucut Cope 31 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plnte ii. 



12. The Pacific Walrus, Odobanuo obenus (Illiger) Allen 34 



Sketch by Henry W. Elliott. Walrus Island. Alaskn, July 5, 1873. 



13. Steller's Sea Lion, Kametopiai Slelltri (Less.) Peters 38 



Sketch from life by Henry W. Elliott 



14. The California Sea Lion, Zalophu* mlifurniantu (Less.) Allen 44 



Sketch from life by Henry W. Elliott. 



16. The Harbor Seal, J'hoca rilulina L W 



Sketch from life by Henry W. Elliott. Alaska. 1872. 



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