THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 



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A. Tegarhorn, Berufjord. 



B. Vedfjord, in Nordfjord. 



C. Ditto. 6 . 



D. Ditto. S . 



E. Ditto. S . 



F. East of Seydisfjord. ? . 



Co/or of dorsal fin. 



$ . Dark gray, with lighter dashes. 



$ . Uniform dark gray. 



Uniform dark gray. 

 Dark gray. 

 Dark gray. 

 (Not given.) 



Co/or of flukes above. 



On eompariug the data in the foregoing table with the descriptions of the 

 color of specimens of the Newfoundland Sulphurbottom, previously given, it will 

 be seen that the coloration in both cases is the same, and that the range and charac- 

 ter of variation in markings are likewise the same. Hallas's specimens were 

 probably in some cases not so fi'esh as those I saw in Newfoundland ; lience the 

 frequent use of the term "grayish black" (grumorte). 



DORSAL FIN. 



In Sars's account of the "Blaahval " the variations in the shape of the dorsal 

 fin are described as follows: (78, 237; se[)., 13): 



"Not less characteristic of this species than the pectoral fins is the dorsal fin, 

 which with its unusually small size and position far backward, or at the beginning 

 of the last fourth of the total length and much back of the vertical line drawn 

 through the anus, is at once distinguished from those of all other known whalebone 

 whales. In its form it is at the same time the part which, as it appears, undergoes 



