THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 245 
praised, and often copied, but it hardly seems possible that the remarkably short 
head can be correct. The skeleton was very fully described by Gasco in 1879 (48). 
Fischer, in 1881, reprinted the description and measurements (44, 10) pub- 
lished in 1682 by Segnette of a specimen stranded on Ré Id., France, in 1680. 
In 1877, a specimen was stranded at Taranto, Italy, of which descriptions and 
figures were published by Capellini in 1877 (13) and by Gasco in 1878 (47). It 
is an unfortunate circumstance that Gasco’s measurements do not agree with Capel- 
lini’s; nor do they agree with the figures in the plates accompanying his memoir, 
nor do the figures agree with each other. 
In 1889 Graells (62) published measurements and figures of a specimen cap- 
tured at Guetaria, Spain, in 1878, and preserved in the museum of the Institute of 
Secondary Instruction at San Sebastian. In the same memoir are included addi- 
tional facts regarding this specimen by Prof. Candido Rios y Rial (52, 63-67, sep.). 
In 1898, Prof. Guldberg published a very valuable article entitled Zur Kennt. 
niss des Nordkapers (49), containing measurements of specimens taken at Iceland, 
together with three photographic figures of the exterior, and figures of the pelvic 
bones and sternum.’ 
The foregoing memoirs contain practically all the data on the Nordeaper avail- 
able for use in comparing European with American specimens. 
SIZE. 
The total length of the various recorded specimens of the European Nordeaper 
is as follows: 
BALAGiNA GLACIALIS BONNATERRE, EUROPEAN. TOTAL LENGTH. 
Total Length. 
Locality. Date. | Sex. Original Measure. Age. Authority. 
oglishs |e ers 
ft. and in. 
Meters.} ft. and in.® 
l@@leinGl . Géeop Renner oe aon eloasl 8 Wooccee Ompes ve wis caterese vaitiarostaels Guldberg 
Ré Island, France........ 1680 | 9 50" an , . | 15:43 Fi Ue Oe | | eee ae re a Fischer 
SOMMAC MH TANGEY air eas oe 1852 SoH Ounce) Samira UGE ON allneia «nay ae cveren|lsreeeabosonctem ae eens Van Beneden 
NGGEINGS Sig copa haeae ace 189t S \47' 7” 14.5 ile sea Wall epee Seats Reema Guldberg 
SO A ee ea 1891 3 47, ih Se leer 46’ + = rattan Sey ss 
GE Spe alee eee NO Beil oie 6 pelos Riv) |eoee tons Para eeekse a 
pee 1890 407 45 : is 
Binlia cagian Sea Re Te 1889 2 143 3h 13.2 42’ R siehta ade eee eae 
a ioe ' “Not entirely “ 
cna Ertaote ro elocrraceetae 1891 pall4 Suse Brastereril 742" RS ee eee 
5 
Maranitoy ltalyv amen cae cc 1877 OF nolan UFO liretet epayeceisse adolescent. |Gasco 
Guetania) Spainu.:-o..0.. ESR OMU Creal gia eaems (Ott Ory (eters « cctlact lo aapetoe haem cyte Graells 
Hlerbaudieres France). ....|\08ir |..-.|32 To. el)... 4. PIS EL Ow? Onl dle tes oot aye Re yeig Van Beneden 
San Sebastian, Spain..... 1854 |....|24' of FeO || AS oy Sy young Gasco 
‘These figures on a larger scale were also published by Buchet in 1895 in AZem. Soc. Zool., 
France, 8, 1895, 229-231, pls. 6-8. They bear here the legend “ Phot. de M. Berg ’—In Guldberg’s 
paper the legend is “ Guldberg phot.” 
*Skeleton. Van Beneden cites this as 48 ft. long, which must be an error. 
* F.= French measure; R.= Rheinland; S.= Spanish. I am not positive as to the Rheinland. 
“Tn a straight line. 
* Fischer states that this specimen was young, but there is no evidence that such was the case. 
