Forest and stream . for theTJnicorn of fancy, and which is now restricted in its rangeto the northern shores of our Alaskan territories. Thespiral tusk grosving from the left side of its upper jaw isa modified tooth which may attain a length of eight orten feet. It is absent in the female, the sex being prac-tically toothless, or at least the teeth are concealed in thejaw as is the case on the right*side in the male tusk is without enamel, and a single one is valuedat $, the ivory being put to a variety of both tusks are developed, in which case thespira
Forest and stream . for theTJnicorn of fancy, and which is now restricted in its rangeto the northern shores of our Alaskan territories. Thespiral tusk grosving from the left side of its upper jaw isa modified tooth which may attain a length of eight orten feet. It is absent in the female, the sex being prac-tically toothless, or at least the teeth are concealed in thejaw as is the case on the right*side in the male tusk is without enamel, and a single one is valuedat $, the ivory being put to a variety of both tusks are developed, in which case thespirals each turn the same way, or the twist has the samedirection. Narwhals feed upon small fish and crusta-ceans. Herring Hogs (Phoccena), are representatives of anotherpositions of itsfalsity, as that the Cetacea spout out very interesting genus (Fig. 6); these animals are alsothrough their blowholes water taken in at the mouth. I known as the harbor porpoises or puffing pigs, they 264 FOREST AND STREAM. [Oct. m, REPRESENTATIVE SPECIES OF UNITED STATES CETACEANS. Copied by the Author. F\eLThof3tl0ftPhin (De^Mnm Mtev Flower- ^*^eKP,tc^T(Gtoi,fW^w^ FiXm?02d?:^t?r --The Sperm Whale Porpoise (HyperoortoH^/rA^,). After l^engtn or adult lUtt. Trans. Zodl. Soc. of Lond., Vol. 8, PI. 30. Length of adult 18 to Blake. Length of adult 25ft. *%<^Sco$^^ From ViSf£t-The Narwhal (Momritm monoccros). After Elliott, Fig. Sperm Whale (Phwta- macrocephalv^. Prom aller ^ope ^^Siti or adult about 10ft. Length of adult 10 to 14ft. Goode, after Scammon. Leneth of adult male 84ft. Length c m*t js^li^Wf^iHii* After Elliott. Length Fig. Herring-Hog Phomna communis). Fromapho- Fig. Bowhead Whale (Balama miMariw). From Goode, tograph by the U. S. Pish Commission. Length of adult rather after Scammon. Length of adult male than 4ft. have earned this last name from their habit of puffingand grunting as they disport themselves in the surf or asthey roll in the breakers a
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