THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 213 
MEGAPTERA NODOSA (BONNATERRE). BALENA STATION, NEWFOUNDLAND. 1900 AND 1901. 
Date. Sex. Total Length. 
1900 
April 26 f 46 ft. a1 in 
May 7 é 35 “oe 6 a3 
) Sine aes 
= - 
eae 5 oy Q 
oe 2 9 ie “ 
“ee 30 t > “ee 
ae o 
June 7 3 ae 
“c 23 Z 37 & 
July 6 é 34 
Igor 
“ce 
MayoT < ee 
“ ae a 3° “ec 
15 = 47 , 
a: — AG Seale 
“e 20 aS 46 “ 
June to — RA 
“ee 17 — 34 ee 
In order of size, the males and females of these, and the three Snook’s Arm 
specimens, and the specimens not having the sex recorded, are as follows: 
MEGAPTERA NODOSA (BONNATERRE). NEWFOUNDLAND. 
Males. | Females. Sex not Recorded. 
46 ft. 1f£ in. 46 ft. 6 in.’ 47 ft. 
42 “ 2 “ 45 5 ER 46 “ 
38 “ fo “ee 40 “ce ° “ce 34 “ 
Be ate" i | 
37 3 30 
37 “ O° “ 27 “e 
36 “ ° “ce 26 “c 
ae 
Gale 10 
32 “ ° “ce 
Maximum 46 ft. 11 in. 46 ft. 6 in. 47 ft. o in. 
Minimum OS None: ays oy AS Y g ™ 
Averages (10) 37 “ 6 “ (A) Ae (7) 34a Olen 
Cocks’s statistics for the Finmark stations in 1885 and 1886 are as follows: 
MEGAPTERA. NORWAY. 1885 AND 1886. 
Males. Females. 
Maximum 53 ft. o in. 51 ft. 6 in. 
Minimum 20° 7 “ By ae 
Average (25) 37 “ 2 “ (Gi4gn eee: 
‘Contained a male foetus. 
