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BULLETIN 73, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 

 Whale measurements, June 11, 1903. 



Greatest length 



Greatest circumference (much bloated) 



Extremity of upper lip to nostril 



Distance between eyes 



Extremity of lower lip to angle of mouth 



Circumference of head at eyes 



Lower half of snout 10 inches from end 



Upper half of snout 12 inches from end 



Length of [pectoral] fin along outer edge 



Circumference of tail [at] junction [with] caudal fin . 



Distance between extreme points of caudal fin 



Anus to end of body 



Anus to vagina 



Anus to penis 



Length of vagina 



Length of penis 



l"*enis at base 



Height of dorsal fin 



Dorsal fin along spine to end of body 



Length of nipple from raised base 



Female. 



Fl. in. 

 4n 2 



20 

 4 

 4 



12 

 11 11 

 1 



Male. 



Ft. in. 



25 

 12 

 3 

 3 

 1 

 7 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 3 

 6 



1 9 



1 5 



7J 



7 5 



The. skeletons remained on the island until August, 1904, when they were 

 carried by tiie revenue cutter McCulloch to Dutch Harbor and afterwards to San 

 Francisco. Through a misunderstanding they were allowed to remain on the 

 beach at St. George Island until November, 1903, and suffered considerable injuiy. 

 On that date they were deposited in a storehouse by Maj. Ezra W. Clark, assistant 

 treasury agent in charge, who afterwards presented the photograph of the female 

 above mentioned. (PI. 42, fig. 1.) The latter shows the short, narrow, pointed 

 pectoral fin, and long, rather slender beak. 



Another specimen of Berardius was found stranded on St. George Island on 

 August 21, 1909. The following information regarding it was received fi'om Maj. 

 Ezra W. Clark, under date of September 4, 1909: 



On August 21, 1909, after an unusually severe gale for the season, accnnipanied with heavy .sea, a 

 beaked whale was stranded under the cliffs of the northeast coast of St. George Island. Its position 

 was such that it was reached with great difficulty. It was undergoing decomposition. I succeeded in 

 getting the following information; 



Sex, female. 



Length from tip of beak to end of body, 22 feet. 



Length of beak, tip to base, 2 feet ', inches. 



Length of head, not including beak, 2 feet. 



Length of tail, or width of flukes at base. 1 foot 10 inches. 



Girth around beak at its base, 2 feet. 



Girth around body at dorsal fin, about 12 feet. 



Girth around body at base of tail, 3 feet. 



Spread of tail, or flukes, 6 feet. 



Length of dorsal fin at base, 1 foot 10 inches. 



Fore fins, 1 foot 10 inches. 



I think that I shall not be able to get the skeleton of this whale, owing to the rough seas prevailing. 



