Young right whale taken at Amagansett, Long Island. This whale was probably only a few weeks 

 old when killed. The skeleton was lost during a heavy storm which was beginning to break when the 

 photograph was taken 



A record right whale taken in 1907 at Amagansett, Long Island. The whale was beached just at 

 the edge of low tide and was soon covered with a heavy coating of ice. It was the largest individual 

 of the species wliich has yet been recorded. Not only the skeleton but the entire baleen was pur- 

 chased for the Museum 

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