THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERK NORTH ATLANTIC. 



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The following tal)le consists (1) of raeasnrements selected from the foregoing 

 American sei'ies and reduced to percentages of the total length, and (2) similar 

 measurements from European records, also reduced to percentages : 



BAL^NOPTERA PHY8ALUS CL.). NEWFOUNDLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS. 



Sex 



Age 



Total length 



Tip of snout to eye .... 

 " '' "* to blowhole 



(center) 



Tip of snout to pectoral. 

 " " " to back of 



dorsal 



Tip of lower jaw to navel 

 Length of pectoral from 



head of humerus. . . 

 Breadth of pectoral. . 



Height of dorsal 



Breadth of flukes, tip to 



tip 



70' 8" 



Snook's Arm, 1899. 



ad. 



9 

 ad, 



&3'7" 



i 

 20.0 



75-7 



12.5 

 2.8 

 2-5 



21-5 



No. 

 3 



63' o" 



% 

 20.4 



18.4 



77-0 



11-5 

 2.6 

 2.3 



20.2 



ad. 



21.6 

 1S.2 



12. g 



3-0 

 2.6 



No. 

 19 



S 

 ad. 



62' 11" 



62' 8" 



ig.7 



32.3 



52.1 = 



12.2 

 3-2 



3-2 



24,6 



No. 



S 

 ad. 



21.5 



ig.7 

 34-5' 



76.6 

 52.0' 



12.8 



3-1 

 2. 1 



22.3 



No. 

 4 



S 

 ad. 



61' 10' 



% 

 21. g 



18.7 



79S 



12.3 

 2.7 

 2.7 



21.0 



61' 2" 



No. 

 13 



59 I 



% 

 20.5 



1S.4 

 33.2' 



77.6 

 56.5' 



II. 9 



3-1 



2.5 



24.8 



No. 

 9 



S 

 57'6" 



i 

 ig.3 



17.2 

 32.4' 



77-3 

 53-3' 



2.8 

 2.0 



No. 



No. 



55 2 



77.5 

 55-8'^ 



12.0 

 30 



2.4 



22.6 



54' 6' 



18.6 



12. g 



4.8? 



No. 



53 9 



% 

 19.6 



18.8 

 33-5' 



77-1 

 55.6-' 



12.2 

 31 



No. 



i 

 20.7 



18.6 



33-g' 



77-3 

 5I.5- 



II. 2 

 3-1 



No. 

 7 



50 7 



i 

 ig.8 



17.6 

 75-5 



22.3 



13.1 

 3.0 

 2.6 



23.0 



Balena 



Station, 

 1901. 

 No. 16 



9 

 ad. 



20.7 



18.3 

 33-4 



75-5 



Gloucester, 

 Mass. 

 Dwight, 



.872. 



12.2 

 2.9 



4- o 



% 

 20.1 



33-8 



[56 



II. 8 

 2.8 

 2.4 



BAL^NOPTERA PHYSALVS (L.). EUROPE. 



' To posterior insertion of pectoral, or axilla. 



' From upper jaw, by subtracting flukes to navel from total length. 



■' All measurements from Sars's figure of 1881, which is excellent. 



' To center of blowhole = 18. i %. 



* Bones, from head of humerus. 



^ Straight. ' To border of flukes, straight. 

 ' From head of humerus. 



