I LIST OF PLATES AND MAPS. 



XXII. — Part of scaling fleet iu Victoria harbor, October, 1894. 



From a photograph by C. H. Towiisend. 

 XXII I. — Officers and Indian hunters of tlie Canadian schooner Favorite, 1894. 



From a photograph by Miller and Townsend. 

 XXIV. — Sealing canoes at Neah Bay, Northwest coast. 



From a photograph by Miller and Townsend. 

 XXV. — Sealing canoe. 



From a photograph by Miller and Townsend. 

 XXVI.— Outfit of sealing canoe, showing double-pointed spear pole, detachable spear points, 

 killing club, paddle, and bailer. 

 From a photograph l)y N. R. Miller. 

 XXVII. — Hoisting aboard canoes. 



From a photograph by A. B. Alexander. 

 XXVIII. — American schooner Cohimhia, with canoes in tow. Bering Sea, 1893. 

 From a photograph by N. B. Miller. 

 XXIX. — rt Canoe leaving schooner, 

 ft Canoe returning. 

 c Canoe under sail. 



From photographs by C. II. Townsend. 

 XXX. — Part of the sealing fleet at I'nalaska, July, 1896. 



From a photograpli by C. H. Townsend. 

 XXXI.— Landing at Village Cove, St. Paul, looking toward the entrance to the Salt Lagoon. 

 Warehouse on the point; bidarkas or skin lighters in the i'oregronnd; the end of 

 Lagoon Rookery on the left. 



From a photograph l)y C. H. Townsend. 

 XXXII. —The village of St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, looking toward Zoltoi Sands. 

 From a photograph by C. IL Townsend. 

 XXXIIL— Deserted village at the southeast end of Guadalupe Island. In the background caves 

 formerly occupied by fur seals. 

 From a photograph by ('. H. Townsend. 

 XXXIV. — The California sea ele])liant, Macrorhlniis ant/iistirosiris, showing the usual position of 

 the i)roboscis and the manner of arching the body in progression. 

 Drawn by A. H. Baldwin from sketches and measurements by C. II. Townsend. 

 XXXV.— Kookery of the .southern i'wv sen\, Arcfocephalits (iKatrnlis, on Lobos Lsland. month of 

 the La Plata Kiver. 



From a photograph purchased in Montevideo. 

 XXXVI. — Branding seals on Lukanin Kookery. 



From a photograph by Dr. Otto Voss. 

 XXXVIo. — A branded seal skin. 



This skin was taken from a female seal killed in the harbor at Akun, Aleutian 

 Islands, in November, 1X96, and turned over to tlie Commission by Mr. A. Gray, of 

 IJnalaska. In the process of tanning a portion of the skin burned by the iron has 

 fallen out, showing the effectiveness of branding as a means of depreciating the 

 value of pelagic skins. 

 XXXVll. — Herded seals in the Salt Lagoon. 



Drawn from nature by Bristow Adams. 

 XXX\'III. — Views on Walrus Island. 



From photographs by William Palmer. 

 XXXIX. — Eggs of the Pacific murre, I'via lomiia aira, showing variation in markings. 

 XL. — Stages in the development of feathers. 

 XLI. — Stages in the develojjmeiit of feathers. 

 XLII. — Argyvosomus alascanKs, (type) Point Hoj)e, Alaska. 



Drawn by Anna L. Brown. 

 XLIII. — Salmo uiijkiss, Kalakhtyrka River, Kamchatka. 



Drawn by Anna L. Brown. 

 XLIV. — Salvelinus maJma, Unalaska. 



Drawn bv Anna L. Brown. 



