THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 195 
The most notable discrepancy between the Portland specimen and those from 
the European coasts is, perhaps, that the distance from the snout to the posterior 
margin of the dorsal fin in the former is but 66.9% of the total length, while 
with one exception this distance exceeds 70% in the European specimens. It is 
true that this distance for the Drogheda, Ireland, specimen, computed from the 
measurements given by Carte and Macalister (14), is but 68.9 % of the total length, 
but too much reliance cannot be placed on the measurements of this specimen. 
That for the flukes is obviously inaccurate. 
All that can be learned from the foregoing table is that the proportions of the 
European and American specimens show an approximate agreement.” 
The photographs of the specimen from Quoddy Head, Maine, reproduced in 
plate 28, figs. 8 and 4, show in an admirable manner the stout body, prominent 
caudal ridges, sharp head, and strongly curved dorsal fin characteristic of B. acuto- 
rostrata. ‘They show also that the center of the pectoral fin above and the center 
*It is also to be observed that their figure of the exterior, stated to be “ made to the scale of 
r inch to the foot,” is not on that scale, and does not agree in proportions with their measurements. 
They were aware, however, of the discrepancies in the position of the dorsal fin as given by earlier 
authors. 
*Since the foregoing paragraphs were written, I have received from Mr. J. Henry Blake of 
Cambridge, Mass., some valuable notes on Cetacea observed on the New England coast, including 
measurements of a young whale of the present species. These measurements, together with per- 
centages of the total length of such as are comparable with those of the foregoing table, are as 
follows : 
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