190 THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 
Dorsal fin unusually small and thin and situated behind the line of the genital 
orifice. 
The dorsal fin of this specimen was sent to Eschricht in salt, and is described 
by him as follows (36, 378): 
“The fin itself, extremely small (4 inches high) and flat and narrow, with the 
point curved backward, stood on a thick tuberous root, which apparently might 
be regarded as the base of the fin.” 
Eschricht also received from Méller one of the pectoral fins, of which he gives 
a description and figure (36, 879). He found that it was quite different in form 
from the pectorals of the Humpback and Little Piked whale, and that the pha- 
langes were 5, 5, 6, 3. Its length was + the total length of the whale. 
Moller’s measurements of the exterior were as follows: 
Ft. In 
From tip of mandible to notch of flukes (straight)...................- 68 0o 
eyes a “SS Penitaliay. «co scence selesocon wiacadce eee 460 
ee it MO TAVEL Re vace 2 lercloras ecisiee wpelrcierar erento caemictont 36 0 
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oe So middlerof cenitallslitaemercr castes rier ce 20 6 
5S Se SG sive oooopdoondosbddnoondbeaoobSomEagaor 21 6 
4 BOOS d ES SAM AV el nets: ssctetereteier tate settee alete Cte ciara eeareroete 36 0 
hy AES | ME pectoralls. s., 54 hes terercis atcleetestote ert Teper erarscte 42 0 
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#6 SS swollen partyol badiyeitec eras otcrsisispeveele eters ats aleveteteerers I2 0 
Wenethwos genital rsliterepe tte sttetettatalcleteieretel terete art Sogo DaGUOd Gorn 1) 
Distance bet weenmore parity Of eCtOnall Stajatateltel-tetete/letalet-tal=ta Tiel el-ratele na talatele ° 
st o TIAN INNSO ss yohs joy sve wissen viata s lave ieheutrate e Lsroter watersesucveNeteneyere.s oy 
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Distance between outermost points of flukes ............2-+-20+-eeee 16 0 
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Itenrthiotlancest baleens (DOU) her\-lettdetieieliris tetera tit 4 0 
Breadthvohwlarcestabal Cembsreietererlsereiesteletcttenictoletenstetelet state tate ter= fi iit Tia Wey ey 
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While considering that the identity of this specimen could not be positively 
determined, Eschricht, with his usual sagacity, reached the conclusion that it was 
probably the same as the celebrated Ostend specimen. In this he was entirely 
justified. The Ostend specimen is now known to have been a Sulphurbottom, &. 
musculus (1.). 
Miller’s measurements, reduced to percentages of the total length and compared 
with the average of the ten Newfoundland females of B. musculus, measured by 
myself, are as follows: 
‘The pectoral preserved in the Copenhagen Museum measures 11} ft-—EscuRICHT. 
