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Title: The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America, described and illustrated; together with an account of the American whale-fishery
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Scammon, Charles Melville, 1825-1911
Subjects: Marine mammals Cetacea Sealing Whaling Whales Dolphins
Publisher: San Francisco, J.H. Carmany New York, Putnam
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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snout to eyes 0 6 From tip of snout to spout-hole 0 5 Depth of small at junction with caudal fin 0 3 Depth of small at the vent 0 7 Thickness of blubber 0 1 Another specimen, a female, taken at San Francisco, California, during- thesummer of 1872, was examined and measured, with the following results: Ft. In. Length 4 0 Greatest girth (behind pectorals) 2 3^ From tip of snout to pectorals 0 11 Length of pectorals 0 6 Width of pectorals 0 2; From tip of snout to dorsal fin 1 9 Height of dorsal fin 0 4 Length of dorsal fin along the back 0 9 Expansion of caudal fin 1 0 Breadth of each lobe of caudal fin 0 4 Depth of small at junction -with caudal fin 0 3 Thickness of small at junction with caudal fin 0 1^ From tip of snout to corner of mouth 0 4 From tip of snout to eyes 0 6 From tip of snout to spiracle 0 5J From tip of snout to ears 0 8 From notch of caudal fin to vent 1 4 From notch of caudal fin to genital slit 1 5 From notch of caudal fin to teat slit 1 G Thickness of blubber 0 Of
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THE DOLPHINS. 97 Color of body, black above, lighter on the sides, and white below; under sideof caudal and pectoral fins, black. The coating of fat or blubber which covers the Bay Porpoise, is either of ayellowish white or pearl color, and in thickness, varies from one-half of an inchto an inch and a half. The habits of this animal differ from those of other species found in the opensea or along the coast. Their favorite resort seems to be in the discolored waters,between the limits of the pure ocean element and the fresh rivers. They are rarelyseen far from either side of these boundaries. Our observation proves that theyare found as far south as Banderas Bay, and about the mouth of the PigintoRiver, on the coast of Mexico (which estuary is in latitude 20° 30), and asfar north as the Columbia River, latitude 46° 10. In the winter season they areseen off Astoria, and in Cathlamet Bay, twenty miles above ; but during the sprbigand summer, when the river is fresh to its mouth, and in

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