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bays and shallow water than the others ; length never 

 over 32 ft. 



Body small, pectorals short ; dorsal on the posterior third 

 of the back ; colour black above, white beneath, pectorals 

 white above. Is met with occasionally off the west coast of 

 Norway, principally in summer. 



Deep Sea Whales. 



85. B. PHYSALUS, Fab. Sill-hvalen. 



I cannot identify this whale or the last with any de- 

 scribed by Clermont. Whalebone black ; breast fins 

 blackish; dorsal fins inserted behind; number of vertebras 

 54 to 56; ribs 14 to 15 pair; body nearly round; pec- 

 torals lanceolate, equal in length to one-seventh of the 

 body ; colour black above, white below ; length 65 to 

 70 feet. 

 Comes on to the west coast of Norway after the herrings. 



(&). Pectorals long. 



86. B. Boops,Fab. Ror-hvalen. The Northern Rorqual. 



Pectorals oblong, tapering, equal to one-fourth of the 

 whole body length; whalebone black; dorsal very 

 small ; vertebras 54 ; ribs 15 ; length 60 to 70 ft. ; colour 

 black above, under part white spotted or marbled with 

 black ; pectorals blood red. 

 The North Atlantic is the principal home of this whale. 



2. No dorsal fin; body smooth underneath; whalebone 

 thick, long. 



87. BAL^NA MYSTICETUS, L. Gronlands Hvalen. The 



Common Whale. 



Body more conical, head much broader and blunter 



than the last ; whalebone black, and very long ; length 



60 to 67 ft. ; diameter ] 3 ft. ; circumference 40 ft. 



Nilsson remarks that the weight of such an animal being 



100 tons or 2200 ctnr., or 220,000 lb., is equal to 88 



elephants, or 440 bears. The whalebone in such a whale 



may be taken at 3360 lb., and the blubber at 140 to 170 



