In preparing this guide we drew freely from the literature on cetaceans of this region and supplemented it with our own observations and with unpublished notes provided by our colleagues. A partial list of materials used, each a good source of reference material on cetaceans in general or on cetaceans of the western North Atlantic in particular, is provided in the following section, "Selected Bibliography."

All of the following colleagues read all or part of the ma.n.u.script and made useful suggestions for its improvement: K.C. Balcomb, W.C.

c.u.mmings, J.G. Mead, Hideo Omura, W.F. Perrin, F.K. Rodgers, Allen N.

Saltzman, D.E. Sergeant, W.A. Watkins, A.A. Wolman, and F.G. Wood.

All of the information and photographs contributed by Lois Winn were obtained under grants from the Office of Naval Research. Funds and a.s.sistance for the preparation of intermediated drafts and logistics support for all stages of preparation of this guide were provided by Biological Systems, Inc., St. Augustine, Fla.

In addition to securing funds for the preparation and publication of this guide, Paul Sund, Platforms of Opportunity Program, NMFS, Tiburon, Calif., provided continuing help and criticism.

To these and to all who use this guide to further help knowledge about the cetaceans of the western North Atlantic, we are grateful.

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1969. The biology of marine mammals. Academic Press, N.Y., 511 p.

BURT, W. H.

1952. A field guide to the mammals. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 200 p.

CALDWELL, D. K., and M. C. CALDWELL.

1973. Marine mammals of the eastern Gulf of Mexico. _In_ J. I. Jones, R. E. Ring, M. O. Rinkel, and R. E. Smith (editors), A summary of knowledge of the eastern Gulf of Mexico, p. III-I-1--III-I-23.

State Univ. Syst. Fla. Inst. Oceanogr., St. Petersburg, Fla.

CALDWELL, D. K., and F. B. GOLLEY.

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CALDWELL, D. K., H. NEUHAUSER, M. C. CALDWELL, and H. W. COOLIDGE.

1971. Recent records of marine mammals from the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina. Cetology 5:1-12.

FRASER, F. C.

1937. Whales and dolphins. _In_ J. R. Norman and F. C. Fraser, Giant fishes, whales and dolphins, p. 201-349. Putnam and Sons, Lond.

[There are several editions of this work, all with the same information.]

1966. Guide for the identification and reporting of stranded whales, dolphins and porpoises on the British coasts. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist., Lond., 34 p.

GOLLEY, F. B.

1966. South Carolina mammals. The Charleston Museum, Charleston, S.C., xiv + 181 p.

GUNTER, G.

1954. Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico. _In_ P. S. Galtsoff (coordinator), Gulf of Mexico, its origin, waters, and marine life, p. 543-567. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Fish. Bull. Vol. 55.

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1959. Order cetacea--cetaceans. _In_ The mammals of North America, 2:806-840. Ronald Press, N.Y.

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1940. Whales, giants of the sea. Natl. Geogr. Mag. 77:35-90.

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MITCh.e.l.l, E. D.

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NORRIS, K. S. (editor).

1966. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Univ. California Press, Berkeley, 789 p.

PALMER, R. S.

1954. The mammal guide. Doubleday and Co., N.Y., 384 p.

RICE, D. W.

1967. Cetaceans. _In_ S. Anderson and J. K. Jones (editors), Recent mammals of the world; a synopsis of families, p. 291-324. The Ronald Press, N.Y.