320 



THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 



Balcena glacialis, sternum, 858 



summary of discussion of, 261 

 vertebrae, cliaracters of, 254, 256 

 vertebral formula, 350 

 whalebone, 248 

 Balcena glacialis in Cliarleston (S. C.) harbor, 62 

 Balcena jubartes, 53 

 Balcena lamanoni, 366 

 Balcena longimana, 51, 225, 243 



type-specimen of, 211, 233 

 Balcena mncrn, 45 

 Balcena mediterranen, 366 

 Balcena museulus, 41, 46 



Balcena mijsticetus, 5, 13, 30, 34, 40-43, 45, 47, 50, 53, 

 56, 310. 265, 266. 270, 397 

 American specimens of, in Euro- 

 pean museums, 308 

 range of, 13 

 Balcena nodosa, 45, 46, 54, 211 

 Balcena jjhysalis, 6, 41, 42, 45 

 Balcena rostrata, 41, 46 

 Balcena sieboldii, 270 



Van Beneden's opinion regarding, 



371 

 whalebone of, 271 

 Balcena svedenborgii, 264, 260 

 Balcena tarentina, 266 

 Balcena vanbenedeniana, 264, 266 

 Balcena vera, 40 

 Bcdcence, 41 

 Balcenidce, 47, 48 

 Balcenoptera, 81, 387 



Balcenoplera acuto-rostrata, 46, 51, 53, 55, 63, 104, 



105, 192. 370, 393, 397 

 American specimens of, 



193 

 American specimens 

 of, in European mu- 

 seums, 309 

 cervical vertebra?, char- 

 acters of, 208 

 chevrons, 201 

 CoUett's note on Bo- 

 court's figure of. 192 

 comparison of speci- 

 mens from Greenland 

 and Norway, 207 

 diagnosis of, 301 

 figures of, by Sir Wm. 



Turner, 196 

 measurements of, 106, 



194 

 measurements of a 

 specimen from New 

 England, 195 

 measurements of a 

 specimen from Port- 

 land, Me.. 194 

 opinions of European 

 cetologists regarding 

 European and Ameri- 

 can specimens of, 206 



Balcenoptera acuto-rostrata, osteological characters 



of, 196 

 pectorals, color of. 209 

 phalanges, 204 

 Portland (Me.) speci- 

 men, description of, 

 193 

 Sars's diagnosis of, 192 

 scapula, 203 



proportions of, 

 204 

 size of, 196 



skeleton, characters of, 

 199 

 measurements 

 of, 202 

 skull, 196 



characters of, 198 

 Capellini's figures 



of, 198 

 measurements of , 

 197 

 specimen of, from 

 Quoddy Head, Me., 

 195 

 sternum, 304 

 summary of discussion 



of, 206 

 Van Beneden and Ger- 

 vais's remarks on, 

 210 

 variety niicrocephala , 



210 

 vertebral formula, 201 

 Eschriclit's remarks 

 on, 201 

 whalebone, size of, 231 

 aciifo-rosfrata from Greenland, color 

 of pectorals in, 209 

 Gray's remarks on, 

 209 

 borealis, 87, 132, 270, 297 

 diagnosis of, 300 

 bi'asiliensis, 103 

 carolince, 183, 185 



davidsoni, 58, 78, 91. 210, 269, 370, 

 392 

 American specimens of, in 



European museums, 309 

 found off Cape Flattery, 



67 

 original description of, 91 

 skull, characters of, 295 



measurements of, 293- 

 295 

 specimens of, 294 

 type-specimen of, 91 

 Van Beneden's opinion re- 

 garding, 396 

 Balcenoptera duguidii, 179 

 Balcenoj)tera intei-media, 183 

 Balcenoptera miramaris, 183 



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