TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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List of Text Figures vii 



Introduction 1 



CHAPTER I. 



The Earliest References to Whalebone "Whales in American Waters 6 



CHAPTER II. 



A Chronological Account of Important Contributions to the Natural History of North 



American Whalebone Whales 34 



CHAPTER III. 

 A Review of Cope's and Scammon's Species 78 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Common Finback, Balcenoptera physalus (Linn.) 107 



CHAPTER V. 



The Sulphurbottom, Bal<Bnoi>tera musculus (Linn.) 149 



CHAPTER VL 



The Little Piked Whale, JialcenojHei-a acuto-rostrata Lacep^de 192 



CHAPTER VII. 

 The Humpback, Megaptera nodosa (Bonnaterre) 211 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 The North Atlantic Right Whale, Balcena glacialis Bonnaterre 244 



CHAPTER IX. 



Whalebone Whales of the Eastern North Pacific Ocean 269 



CHAPTER X. 

 Conclusions 297 



Appendix 1 . List of Works Cited 303 



Appendix 2. American Specimens of Whalebone Whales in European Museums 308 



Explanation of Plates 311 



Index ^^^ 



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