1118 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [88] 



Beaver (Castor canadensis). 

 Used for linings and muffs. 



Dressed skin, light color, spotted. Bristol Bay, Alaska. M. 12,311. 

 Collected by H. W. Elliott. 



Beaver (Castor canadensis). 

 Used for linings and muffs. 

 Dressed skin. Albino. M. 12,506. U. S. National Museum. 



Beaver (Castor canadensis). 



Used for linings and muffs. 



Dressed skin. M. 12,748. Collected by Dr. F. V. Hayden. 



Fur-seal (Callorhinus ursinus). 



Used for cloaks, bats, gloves, &c. 

 Three skins, in the hair/ washed and dried. 

 Three skins, plucked and dressed, natural color. 

 Three skins, dressed and dyed light color. 

 Three skins, dressed and dyed dark color. 



From Prybilov Islands, Alaska. Alaska Commercial Company, San 

 Francisco, Cal. 



Fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus). 



Used for cloaks, hats, &c. 



One skin, unplucked, washed and dried. 



One skin, plucked, undressed. 



One skin, plucked and dressed. 



From Alaska. Prepared by G-. C. Treadwell & Co., Albany, N. Y. 



Antarctic fur-seal (Arctocephalus aucMandicus). 



Used for cloaks, hats, &c. 



One skin, plucked, dressed and dyed. Staten Island, near Cape 

 Horn. 25,759. 



One skin, plucked, dressed, and dyed. South Georgia Islands, 

 South Atlantic. 25,760. 



One skin, plucked, dressed, and dyed. Islos de Diego Bamires, 

 near Cape Horn. 25,762. Dressed and dyed by Gr. C. Tread- 

 well & Co., Albany, X. Y. 



Musquash or muskrat (Fiber zibethicus). 



Used for muffs, capes, caps, and linings, and imitations of beaver 



fur. 

 Baw skin. Brown. Eastern States. Value, 20 cents. 

 Baw skin. Black. Eastern States. Value, 25 cents. 

 B. H. Stinemetz & Son, Washington, D. C. 



