CONTENTS. 



Pbeface 11 



PART I.-(JETACEA. 



Inteoduction 17 



Chapter I. The Califoenia Geay Whale 20 



" II. The Finback Whale 34 



' ' III. The Humpback Whale 38 



" IV. The Shaep-headed Finnee Whale 49 



" V. The Bowhead, oe Geeat Polar Whale 52 



" VI. The Eight Whale of the Noeth-westeen Coast 06 



" VII. The Sulphuebottom Whale 70 



" VIII. The Speem Whale 74 



" IX. The Dolphins 85 



Section I. 



II. 



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VII 



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The Blcickfish 85 



The Orca, or Killer 88 



The Whitefish, or White Whale 93 



The Bay Porpoise 95 



The Striped or Common Porpoise 98 



Baird's Dolphin 99 



The Eight Whale Porpoise 101 



The Cowfish 101 



The Whiteheaded or Mottled Grampus 103 



The Bottlenosed Grampus 103 



The Panama Grampus 104 



The Puget Sound Grampus 105 



The Sau Diego Bay Grampus 105 



The Squareheaded Grampus 106 



The Brownsided Dolphin of Santa Barbara Channel 106 



The Narwhal 107 



PART II.-PINMPEDIA. 



Introduction 113 



Chapter I. The Sea Elephant 115 



II. The Sea Lion 124 



III. The Banded Seal 140 



IV. FuE Seals 141 



" V. The Leopard Seal 164 



VI. The Sea Ottee lCi8 



" VII. The Waleus 176 



