268 THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIO. 
Nore.—Since the foregoing account of Balena glacialis was written, I have received from Mr. 
J. Henry Blake of Cambridge, Mass., some measurements of the male specimen found dead off 
Highland, Cape Cod, Mass., April, 1895. ‘These are as follows: 
ft. sine Per cent. 
Total length, tip of lower jaw to notch of flukes............. AIDES 100.0 
Tip of lower jaw to ant. insertion of pectoral............... if) 0) 40.0 
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ea Sant: insertion of, pectoral. a+ specs see 14 0 33-0 
Length of pectoral from anterior insertion..............-++-+ 6 0 14.1 
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Breadth of flukes (tip to notch and notch to tip again)........ 13 6 31.8 
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Distance between blowholes anteriorly..................--- ony 
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A large, flat knob, or “bonnet,” near tip of upper jaw. 
Several large, long knobs on the median line of the caudal peduncle superiorly, near the flukes. 
Notch of flukes narrow and deep. 
Whalebone all black. 
This individual is figured on plate 46, figs. 1, 2. 
