XXXIX.-SUGGESTIONS TO THE KEEPERS OF THE U. S. LIFE- 

 SAVING STATIONS, LIGHT-HOUSES, AND LIGHT-SHIPS, AND TO 

 OTHER OBSERVERS, RELATIVE TO THE BEST MEANS OF COL- 

 LECTING AND PRESERVING SPECIMENS OP WHALES AND POE 

 POISES. 



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By Fkederick W. True, 

 Curator of Mammals in the U. S. National Museum. 



ANALYSIS. 



Page. 



Preface 3 



Introduction 7 



General observations 8 



Observations on living specimens 8 



Instructions for the use of the u. s. life-saving and light-house 



services 9 



Stranded, whales 9 



Color 9 



Securing specimens 9 



Use of sand 9 



Telegraphing 9 



Address for telegrams 10 



Telegraphic code 10 



Sample telegram 12 



Method of packing fresh specimens 12 



Selection of specimens from a school 13 



Preparation of a skeleton 13 



Slipping directions 14 



Address for boxes 14 



What to do when persons are sent from Washington 14 



Instructions for the use of captains of whaling vessels and other 



observers 14 



A key for the identification of specimens 16 



A systematic arrangement of the genera and higher divisions of cetaceans 19 



A check- list of the species of cetaceans which occur on the coasts of North 



America 21 



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