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THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 



BALMNOPTERA MUSCULUS (h.). BALENA STATION, NEWFOUNDLAND. 1901. 



Sex. 



Total length ^g^'j," 



Tip of snout to eye 



" " " "blowhole 



" " " " post, base of pectoral . . . . 



" " " " " " " dorsal 



Notch of flukes to anus 



" " " " penis 



Length of pectoral from post, base 



" " " " head of humerus 



Greatest breadth of pectoral 



Height of dorsal (vertical) 



Breadth of flukes 



No, 

 10 



35-2 



28.5 

 35.2 

 10.8 

 15-9 

 4-1 

 I.I 



No. 

 18 



72 2 

 866" 



No. 

 II 



No. 

 2 



7i'6' 

 858" 



20.5 

 171' 



34-5 



78.4 

 28.0 



36.5 

 II. o 



15-3 

 3-7 

 1.5 



710 

 852' 



20.4 



17.6 

 33-2 

 77-7 

 28.5 



II. o 



14.9 

 3-5 

 i.o 



No 



5 



68 '3 

 819' 



21.3 



35-4 

 79-5 

 26.6 



33-9 

 10.7 



I5-I 

 3.9 

 I.I 



No. 

 7 



67'o" 

 804" 



21.6 

 18.9' 

 36-4 

 77-1 

 28.1 

 35 6 

 10.7 



'5-9 

 4.2 

 0.87 



No. 

 13 



65'ii 

 791" 



21.4 

 17.I 

 35.2 

 77-7 

 28.4 

 35.8 

 10.3 



14.9 

 4.2 

 0.76 



No, 

 17 



65'8 



No 

 6 



65'o' 

 780' 



76.4 

 30.8 

 37-0 

 11.4 

 151 

 4-1 

 1-3 



No. 

 15 



63'6" 

 762" 



% 



21.5 

 19.0 



35-4 

 77.6 

 27.9 

 35-1 

 II. o 



15-7 

 3-9 

 o.g 



As already stated, there is no considerable number of measurements of Euro- 

 pean specimens \vith which the Newfoundland figures can be compared, and 

 the.se show such discrepancies as to be of little use. Some well-known specimens, 

 such as the Ostend whale of 1827, cannot be considered at all on account of the 

 uncertainty as to their real length, etc. Great pains have been taken in the follow- 

 ing table to harmonize the measurements of the different specimens with each 

 other and with the Newfoundland series, but the results are entirely unsatisfac- 

 tory. Measurements in bi'ackets are calculated from others given by the various 

 observers. Eschiicht's Greenland specimen is included here for convenience. 



' Average of the two sides. 



'Center. 



