LIST OF PLATES 



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1. The Sperm Wlialc, Physeter macroceplialus L 7 



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



2. The Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia Goodei True 11 



Drawing by n. L, Todd, from No. 13738, tj. S. National Museum. Stranded at Spring Lake, New Jersey, April 27, 1883. 



The Blackfish, Globiocepiialus vttlas (Traill) 11 



Prom Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 8, plate 30. 



3. The capture of a i-chool of Blackfish iu Cape Cod 12 



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



4. The Cowli.sh or Grampus, Grampus griseus (Less. ) Gray 13 



Outline by Henry W. Elliott, from cast No. 12839, TJ. S. National Museum. 



The Harbor Porpoise, or "Herring Hog," Pliocwna hraoliycion Cope 14 



Outline by Henry W. Elliott, from photograph by U. S. Eish Commission. 



5. The Skunk Porpoise or Bay Porpoise, Lagenorhjnchus guliernatoi- Cope (= L. perspiciUatus Coiie) 10 



Outlme from plate iv, Proceedings Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1876. 



The High-finned Killer, Orca ractipinnis Cope 17 



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



The Sperm Whale Porpoise, Hgperaodon bidens wen 18 



Sketch by James Henry Blake, 1869, fi'om specimen stranded at North Dennis. 



6. The White Whale, or Beluga, Delphinapierus calodort (L.) Gill 18 



Outline by Henry W. Elliott, from cast No. 12490, IT. S. National Museum, obtained near Quebec, 1875. 



The Narwhal, Monodon monoceros L 19 



Sketch by Henry W. Elliott, adapted from Vogt and Specht's " Saugethiere," p. 236. 



7. The Bo whead or Arctic Whale, Balcmia mysticetus L 20 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plate xi. 



The Eight Whale of the Pacific, Balcena japonica Gray. {Euhdlmna cullamach) 24 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plate xii. 



8. Diagrams illustrating the use of the whalebone plates iu the mouth of the Bow head Whale 22 



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

 {Upper.) The Bowhead with its mouth open. 

 (Lower.) The Bowhead with its mouth shut. 



9. The Humpback of the Pacific, Megapitra versabilis Cope 26 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plate vii. 



The Sulphur Bottom of the Pacific, Sibbaldius sul/iireus Cope 27 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plate xiii. 



10. Cutting iu a Humpback Whale at Proviucetown, Massachusetts 28 



From a sketch by John S. Ryder. 



11. The Finback of the Pacific, Balwnoptera velifera Cope 28 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plate ii. 



The California Gray Whale or Devil-fish, Bhachianectes glaucus Cope , 31 



Outline from Scammon's Marine Mammals, plate ii 



12. The Pacific Walrus, Odobwnus obesus (Illiger) Allen 34 



Sketch by Henry W. Elliott, Walrus Island, Alaska, July 5, 1872. 



13. Steller's Sea Lion, Eumetojnas fitelltri (Less.) Peters 38 



Sketch from life by Henry W. Elliott. 



14. The California Sea Lion, Zalophus calij'unnanus (Less.) Allen 44 



Sketch from life by Henry W. Elliott. 



15. The Harbor Seal, Phoca vituUiia L 56 



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



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