INDEX. 



Ill 



Page 



Roys, Captain, measurement of Sulpliurbot- 



tom bj' "70 



notice of " Bunclibaeks " and IJowlieads.GU-Ul 



San Diego Ba}- Grampus 105 



Santa Barbara Island, Inuiting Sea Lions on. 132 

 Scammon's Lagoon, California Gravs in . . . , 21 



" Scrimshawing" 275 



Scoresbj', notice of Narwhal 108 



on numlser of whales killed 180 



Sea Elephant 115-123 



color of IIG 



fisherj', extent of at present da)- 123 



form of 110 



geographical distribution of 115 



habits of 117 



measurements of 115-110 



nietlioiT of hunting at Herd's Island . 120-122 



mode of capturing IIS 



names of animals of ililf'erent ages 117 



their present places of resort 110 



time of gestation of ll'S 



Seal, Banded 110 



Fur 111-103 



external form tif Ill 



fishery of 118 



habits of 110 



haunts of 110 



manner of killing . KiO 



measurements of 112 



method of cajituring 153 



method of capturing liy Indians. . . 154 



mode of curing skins of KU 



names for at different ages Ill 



principal resorts of at in'esent 155 



season of 151 



time of gestation 141 



use of flesh of 103 



value of as an article of commerce. Ill 



value of skins 102 



whether jiroducing- more than one 



j'oung at one time 114 



Sea Lion 124-139 



combats of for females 131 



commercial value of 135 



dimensions usually exaggerated 130 



form of 128 



genera and species of 124 



geographical distribution of 121 



habits of 130-135 



measurements of 128-129 



jjujjping season of 131 



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138 

 215 



Sea Lion, skill of in leaping down rock. , . . 133 

 their mode of capture on the Asiatic 



shores of the Pacific 137 



Seal, Leopard 104-107 



habits of 100 



how captured 107 



size of Kil 



Sea Otter, Indian mode of hunting 173 



"Sea squid" 80 



j Sharpheaded Finuer Whale 19-51 



I Ships, outfits, and manner of taking tlie 



i whale 210 



Shore-hunting of Sea Otter 172 



Smith, Captain, measurement of Bowlicad 



Whale by 



South America, capture of the Sea Lion on 



its shores 



Southern rdglit Whale grounds 



Stillman, Dr. J. D. B., notice of a Sulphur- 

 bottom Whale 71 



St. Paul's Island, Sea Lions on 130 



numl)er of Fur Seals frequenting 101 



Striped or Common Porpoise 98 



Sperm Whale 74-81 



grounds 211 



Squareheaded Grampus 100 



j Sul25hurbottom Whale 70-73 



Swift, Captain J. H., notice of first capture 



of Bowheads CO 



Tchantar Bay, whaling ia 02 



Umbrella, cotton, used in capturing Sea 



Lions 130 



Walrus 170-181 



j capture of 179 



contests of with Polar Bear 180 



decrease in nunrbcrs of 181 



distribution of 178 



form of 170-177 



Whale, Arctic Bowhead, parasites of 57 



Bowhead, baleen of ,5,5 



description of 



first taken in Behring Sea 



habitat of 



habits of 55 



herding -places of ,59 



length of time under water 57 



manner of feeding .54 



measurements of ,53 



oil and l)one yield of ,52 



when first taken in the Okhotsk Sea . GO 

 breeding -places of (J4 



52 



213 



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