| The whalebone whales of the western North Atlantic compared with those occurring in European waters; with some observations on the species of the North Pacific FW True Smithsonian contributions to knowledge 33, pls. 1-50, 1904 | 239 | 1904 |
| Contributions to the natural history of the cetaceans: A review of the family Delphinidae FW True US Government Printing Office, 1889 | 187 | 1889 |
| An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphidœ in the Collection of the United States National Museum: With Remarks on Some Specimens in Other American Museums FW True, T Mortensen US Government Printing Office, 1910 | 77 | 1910 |
| Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska between the years 1877 and 1881 EW Nelson US Government Printing Office, 1887 | 73 | 1887 |
| A revision of the American moles FW True US Government Printing Office, 1896 | 45 | 1896 |
| Observations on the life history of the bottlenose porpoise FW True | 43 | 1890 |
| A History of the First Half-century of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1913 FW True Lord Baltimore Press, 1913 | 38 | 1913 |
| The sirenians or sea-cows FW True The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section 1, 114-136, 1884 | 35 | 1884 |
| A provisional list of the mammals of North and Central America, and the West Indian islands FW True | 32 | 1885 |
| The turtle and terrapin fisheries FW True The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section 5, 493-503, 1887 | 28 | 1887 |
| Mammals of northern Alaska EW Nelson, FW True Pt 2, 227-293, 1887 | 26 | 1887 |
| Description of a new fossil porpoise of the genus Delphinodon from the Miocene Formation of Maryland FW True | 22 | 1912 |
| Diagnoses of new North American mammals FW True Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1894 | 21 | 1894 |
| Description of a skull and some vertebrae of the fossil cetacean Diochotichus vanbenedeni from Santa Cruz, Patagonia FW True order of the Trustees, American Museum of Natural History, 1910 | 20 | 1910 |
| Useful aquatic reptiles and batrachians of the United States FW True US Government Printing Office, 1893 | 20 | 1893 |
| Notes on mammals of Baltistan and the Vale of Kashmir, presented to the National Museum by Dr. WL Abbott FW True US Government Printing Office, 1894 | 18 | 1894 |
| Description of a new species of mouse, Phenacomys longicaudus, from Oregon FW True Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1890 | 18 | 1890 |
| Description of a new genus and species of fossil seal from the Miocene of Maryland FW True US Government Printing Office, 1906 | 17 | 1906 |
| On species of South American Delphinidae described by Dr. RA Philippi in 1893 and 1896 FW True | 17 | 1903 |
| On a new species of porpoise, Phocaena dalli, from Alaska FW True Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1885 | 17 | 1885 |
