TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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Introduction ; Scapa tO cho CuptmotG poMb oOo omaMeD abou BON CO RonumudS AodemedcD 1 
CHAPTER I. 
The Earliest References to Whalebone Whales in American Waters,...........-...+++: 6 
CHAPTER II. 
A Chronological Account of Important Contributions to the Natural History of North 
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CHAPTER III. 
ASevd ews of Copeispand i SCamm On: si SPeClesmars cisciaairaie oeleleleicleialel-is\olas ciehetsisis eraleleyoeielotele 78 
CHAPTER IV. 
The Common Finback, Balenoptera physalus (Linn.)...........2..05 BACCO EGE ee OAC 107 
CHAPTER V. 
The Sulphurbottom, Balenoptera musculus (Linn.)...........-000 sees seee cece cccsenes 149 
CHAPTER VI. 
The Little Piked Whale, Balcnoptera acuto-rostrata Lacépéde............+-eeeceeeceees 192 
CHAPTER VII. 
The Humpback, Megaptera nodosa (Bonnaterre)..... 1.0.2.2 .sce cece ce ces cece eeeee 211 
CHAPTER VIII. 
The North Atlantic Right Whale, Balena glacialis Bonnaterre.........4-..+++- +--+ ees 244 
CHAPTER IX. 
Whalebone Whales of the Eastern North Pacific Ocean ...............---200ceceeeeees 269 
CHAPTER X. 
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Appenpix 2. American Specimens of Whalebone Whales in European Museums........ 308 
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