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The Seals and Whales of the British Seas

The Seals and Whales of the British Seas

by Thomas Southwell

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Author
Southwell, Thomas, 1831-1901
Title
The seals and whales of the British seas
Original Publication
London: Jarrold and Sons, 1881.
Credits
deaurider, PrimeNumber and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
QL: Science: Zoology
Subject
Cetacea
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77840
Release Date
February 2, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE SEALS AND WHALES OF THE BRITISH SEAS.
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
  3. 3.INDEX.
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.PINNIPEDIA. — THE COMMON SEAL. — THE RINGED, OR MARBLED SEAL.
  7. 7.CETACEA.
  8. 8.MYSTACOCETI (WHALEBONE WHALES.) — BALÆNIDÆ. — THE GREENLAND RIGHT-WHALE.
  9. 9.BALÆNOPTERIDÆ. — THE HUMP-BACKED WHALE.
  10. 10.ODONTOCETI (TOOTHED WHALES). — PHYSETERIDÆ. — SPERM WHALE, OR CACHELOT. — THE ZIPHIOID WHALES.
  11. 11.DELPHINIDÆ. — THE NARWHAL.
  12. 12.FOOTNOTES

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