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Pbontispiece. — Wlialing Scene in the California Lagoons. 



The California Gray "Whale, and the Finback "Whale between pages 24-25 



Embryos of a California Gray Whale facing page 20 



Indian Whaling Implements facing page 28 



California Grays among the Ice facing page 32 



Esquimaux Whaling Canoe and Whaling Implements facing page 37 



Outlines of a Northern Finback 37 



Humpback and Sharpheaded Finner Whales between pages 40-41 



HumjD backs Lobtailing, Bolting, Breaching, and Finning facing page 44 



Outlines of a Humpback Whale 47 



Aleutian Islanders' Whale Harpoon 47 



Outlines of a Humpback, from above 48 



Appearance of a Female Humpback Suckling her Young facing page 48 



Eye and Parasites of Baleen Whales facing page 56 



Outline of Roys' " Bunchback" 56 



The Bowhead or Great Polar Whale between pages 52-53 



Full-grown Baleen of Seven Species of Whales 55 



Eight Whale of the North-western Coast between pages 68-69 



Sulphurbottom Whale between pages 72-73 



Sperm Whale between pages 76-77 



Sperm Whale in Search of Food facing page 80 



The Blackfish facing page 84 



Orcas or Killers facing page 88 



White Whale, or Whitefish of the Whalers facing page 96 



Baird's Dolphin, Common Porpoise, and Eight Whale Porpoise.. . .facing page 100 

 Approximate Outlines of Cowfish, White-headed or Mottled Grampus, Bottle- 

 nosed Grampus, and Panama Grampus 102 



Sea Elephant, and Sea Lion facing page 117 



Club and Lance used in the capture of the Sea Elephant 118 



Male Sea Lion Sleeping, and Male Sea Lion Waking 126 



Appearance of a Male Sea Lion when Eoaring, and Female Sea Lions, of St. 



Paul's Island 127 



Banded Seal, and Fur Seal facing page 140 



Full-aged Male Fur Seal, St. Paul's Island 143 



Head of Female Fur Seal, from below, two -thirds natural size 145 



Head of Female Fur Seal, side view, two -thirds natural size 147 



Side view of Female Pur Seal, view of Female Fur Seal from below, and 



attitudes of Fur Seals 149 



Seal Spear of the Makah Indians, Nee-ah Bay, W. T., 1866, and Spear Head, 



full size, with line attached 159 



Moving attitude of a Leopard Seal, on shore 164 



Marine Mammals.— 2. 



