General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . V —. A BULL WALRUS FROM THE PACIFIC WALRUS GROUP IN THF HAIL OF OCEAN LIFE. One of the specimens secured by the Stoll-McCracken Pxpcdition to Bering Sea. Group presented by Airs. Andrew Carnegie is a model of the Pigmy Sperm Whale. Atthe far end are two large models, one of thespectacular Narwhal with long ivory tusk(at the right), the other the False Killer,formerly a very rare species but in recentyears appearing unexpectedly off the BritishIsles and the coast of South Africa, wherea large number were stranded
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . V —. A BULL WALRUS FROM THE PACIFIC WALRUS GROUP IN THF HAIL OF OCEAN LIFE. One of the specimens secured by the Stoll-McCracken Pxpcdition to Bering Sea. Group presented by Airs. Andrew Carnegie is a model of the Pigmy Sperm Whale. Atthe far end are two large models, one of thespectacular Narwhal with long ivory tusk(at the right), the other the False Killer,formerly a very rare species but in recentyears appearing unexpectedly off the BritishIsles and the coast of South Africa, wherea large number were stranded in shoal the opposite end, on the left of the en-trance, is a model of the White Whale, alarge northern porpoise. Around the walls of the balcony are spacesfor twelve mural paintings, of which ninehave been completed. Along the right sideare four great paintings showing scenes typi-cal of American Sperm Whaling and titledrespectively, The Chase, The Attack,Towing the Carcass, and Trying the left wall are three canvases portrayingthe life of Typical Species of Whales
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