188 THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 
BALAZNOPTERA MUSCULUS (L.). EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN. UPPER ARM-BONES. 
Radius. Ulna. 
: Length |Length of 
peceney: of Whale. Skeleton. Breadth | Breadth Breadth | Breadth pace 
Length. | at Prox. | at Distal | Length. at Prox. | at Distal 
End, End. End. End, 
dtoee ine) hte ca in. in, in in in. in 
lnlollbhGbaoagooo occas 50+ 46 + 27.0 6.0 Tess 25.0 7.0 Re Flower 
Balled (862) errr Glens Resa eo Re 2 Scavlul tea its Sea arate 28.6 Teil 6.2 |Miinter 
N. Berwick, Scotland] ...... (3 © || AVG | soossa |Posoons esistelinle || eckstete, Sosy eenotoneds Knox 
Gothenburg, Sweden| 51 7 49 7 AG Fa 8.7 aoe ref 6.8 Malm 
Syltld., Germany...| 500°! 43 0 ||... |/.-.2-0 | ..o.-% Aealecropin || eon M6bius 
Ostend, Belgium,...| ...... | .....- AMY | sooeos || obogod A800 oe se | .9.3° |Dubar 
OeeeM (GAINS Woccol! GO 2 || socccc Sale| lh Gecicioe 10.0 SMAI ORS 8:0) | Wee: 
Newfoundland......| ....-- | -----: Scan || conidia || aocdas MeXiye\| Www || aya Pe Wis IE 
PHALANGES. 
The number of phalanges in the European specimens of 6. musculus de- 
scribed by various authors is as follows: 
BALAZENOPTERA MUSCULUS (L.). EUROPEAN. PHALANGES. 
Locality. Author. Length. Il. UU LiVis Mis Remarks. 
Gothenburg... .... Malm Bua be 4 7 7 3 Uncertain.’ 
Ostend eee sete Dubar Sy)! Ze 4 7 6 4 
Ncelandtassaseece Nembarnctal| eerie 4 6 6 3 
sissies Shavers tea cise vav Weber sGO0 6005 4 6 6 3 foetus, 2.27 m. 
Humber River... . Flower 50’ 0” 4 6 5 3 
Coast of Holland. oh 50’ o + 4 5 5 3 Uncertain. *° 
The Ocean City whale had the following formula, according to Cope (31): 4, 
6, 5,3. The phalanges in a Newfoundland fcetus (from No. 14, left side) are as 
follows: 5, 8, 7, 4. 
SUMMARY. 
The results of the foregoing discussion of American and European Sulphur. 
bottoms may be summed up as follows: 
1. The average and maximum lengths of Norwegian specimens are greater than 
those of Newfoundland specimens, which may be an actual difference or may result 
from a difference in the system of measurements. As the same discrepancy is 
2 elnefront-aee Be hin dise-—-a2 Orem: *From Dubar’s figure. 
?“ Behind,” incl. olecranon, which is 6.9 in. “Including olecranon. 
> infront =" 25 an: 7 From a photograph. : 
* Including breadth of olecranon, which is 2.2 in. * Exclusive of olecranon, which is about 7 in. 
*German measure. *“ De likaledes fullstandiga fingrarna,”’ °“ Artificially articulated.” 
