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THE WHALEBOJSTE WHALES OF THE WESTEEN NORTH ATLANTIC. 



MEOAPTERA VERSABILIS COPE. CALIFORNIA AND BERING SEA. 



Measurement. 



Total length 



Snout to eye 



" " blowholes , 



" " corner of mouth 



" " pectorals .- . 



" dorsal fin 



Notch of flukes to anus 



" " " " genital slit 



Navel to genital slit 



Length of pectorals 



Breadth of pectorals 



Height of dorsal fin 



Length " " " 



Breadth of flukes from tip to tip 



Antero-posterior breadth of lobes of flukes 



Eye to ear 



Length of orifice of ear 



" " genital slit 



From pectorals to top of back 



" corner of mouth to top of head 



" eye to top of head 



Girth below pectorals 



Depth of caudal peduncle at insertion of flukes.. . 



Length of longest baleen 



Breadth" " " 



Length of fringe of baleen 



No. I. 



California. 

 1S72. S 

 Scammon. 



ft. 

 48 

 10 



8 

 10 

 16 

 28 

 12 

 12 



5 

 '3 



3 



o 



4 

 18 



3 



2 



o 



4 

 5 

 4 



25 

 I 



in. 



o 

 10 



o 



o 



o 



o 



6 

 1 1 



o 



o 



S 



10 

 o 

 o 

 6 

 o 



li 



6 

 6 



4 

 6 

 o 

 9 



No. 2. 

 Ditto. 



ft. 

 48 



16 



1 1 

 12 



13 



3 



14 



4 



m. 

 o 



No. 3. 

 Ditto. 



S 



9 



ID 



ft. 



52 

 I 2 

 10 

 I I 



m. 

 o 



5' 

 o ' 



9' 



12 o 

 3 6 



Bering Sea. 

 1S66. S 

 .Scammon. 



ft. 



49 

 10 



9 



9 



12 



1 1 



17 



in. 



7 

 2 



4 

 6 



t o 



3 o 



15 7 



3 4 



Reduced to percentages of the total length, these measurements are as follows 



MEGAPTERA VEBSABILIS COPE. CALIFORNIA AND BERING SEA. 



Sex and age 



Total length , 



Snout to eyes 



" " blowholes 



" " pectorals 



" " post, margin of dorsal fin 



Length of pectorals 



Breadth " " 



Height of dorsal fin 



Breadth of flukes 



No. I. 

 California. 



1872. 

 Scammon. 



48' o" 



% 

 20.8 

 16.6 



33-3., 

 [66.6] 



27.1 

 7-1 

 1-7 



37-S 



No. 2. 

 Ditto. 



48 o 



34.4 



27.1 

 6.2 



30.0 



No. 3. 

 Ditto. 



52' o" 



■a 



23-2 

 18.6 



23-1 

 7.0 



No. 4. 



Bering Sea. 



1S66. 



49 7 



20.5 

 18.8 



27-5 

 6.4 



2.0 

 31-4 



' From lower jaw. 



