322 
Balenoptera physalus, color of European specimens 
of, 119 
color of Newfoundland speci- 
mens of, 121 
color, variation in, 121 
comparative measurements 
of American and European 
specimens of, 118 
diagnosis of, 300 
by Sars, 107 
dorsal fin, 125 
height of, 178 
measurements of, 
125 
eye, 180, 175 
flukes, color of, 127 
shape of, 127 
foetuses, size of, at Snook’s 
Arm, Newfoundland, 113 
hairs, 125 
Lilljeborg’s description of a 
skeleton of, from Green- 
land, 146 
markings about the eye, etc., 
in, 124 
measurements of distance 
from eye to ear in, 130 
opinions of European cetolo- 
gists regarding, 147 
osteological characters of, 131 
pectoral fins, 142 
color of, 127 
shape of, 126 
phalanges, 143 
proportions of, 115 
representative of, in Green- 
land, 146 
ribs, 135 
scapula, 142 
skeleton, measurements of, 
144 
proportions of, 144 
skeleton from Greenland, 
measurements of, 147 
skull, 131 
figures of, 131 
measurements of, 133 
proportions of, 133 
size of, at Newfoundland, 
112, 113 
at Norway, 113 
specimen of,stranded in Bos- 
ton harbor, 60 
sternum, 139 
summary of characters of, 
108 
summary of discussion of 
characters of, 145 
table of measurements of 
American specimens of, 117 
table of measurements of 
European specimens of, 117 
THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 
Balenoptera physalus, table of measurements of 
Newfoundland specimens 
of, 116 
table of statistics of length 
of, 115 
vertebra, characters of, 138 
number of, 134, 138 
vertebral formula of, 137 
vertebral formula of Ameri- 
can specimens of, 135 
vertebral formula of Euro- 
pean specimens of, 134 
whalebone, characters of, 127 
color of, 127 
measurements of, 
128 
Baleenoptera sibbaldii, 183 
Balenoptera sulfureus, 284 
characters of, furnished by 
Scammon, 284 
description of, 90 
measurements of, by Scam- 
mon, 285 
Pechuel’s remarks on, 287 
Van Beneden’s opinion re- 
garding, 286 
whalebone, 286 
described by Cope, 
285 
Balenoptera tectirostris, 85, 111, 132, 179 
characters of, 85 
measurements of, 86 
radius, 145 
ribs, characters of, 138 
scapula, 143 
skeleton, measurements of, 
88 
Balceenoptera tuberosus (Cope), 81 
Balenoptera velifera, 48, 78, 90, 270, 283, 284 
characters of, 277 
habits of, 9 
measurements of a specimen 
from San Clemente Id., Cal., 
282 
measurements of, by Scam- 
mon, 278 
original description of, 90 
Scammon’s description of, 277 
scapula, 282 
skeleton, 282 
measurements of, 280 
skull, measurements of, com- 
pared with Balcenoptera 
physalus, 281 
specimens of, 280 
sternum, 282 
Van Beneden’s opinion regard- 
ing, 284 
whalebone, 279, 283 
Balena station, Newfoundland, 154 
Balenots, 35, 36 
Bancroft, H. H., 32 
