CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 109 



Tin- Whalebone Whales 110 



Whalebone Whales of New England Ill 



Kr\ for Identification of Stranded Specimens 112 



Field Key to Whalebone Whales of New England 113 



NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE (Eubalacna glacialis) 114 



History and Nomenclature 114 New England Right Whale Fishery . . . 145 



Vernacular Names 115 Early Whaling at Cape Cod and Massa- 



Description 116 chusetts Bay 146 



Form 116 The Whale-viewer 152 



Color 117 Whaling Accidents 154 



Hair 118 Ministers' Salaries 156 



Baleen 118 Strife over Drift Whales 156 



External Measurements 118 Employment of Cape Cod Indians . . 158 



Skeleton 120 Decline of Cape Cod Whaling .... 158 



Appearance and Actions 125 Methods of Whaling 1(50 



Spout 125 Early Whaling at Cape Ann 162 



Schools 125 Whaling at Nantucket and Martha's 



Disposition 126 Vineyard 163 



Food 128 Early Whaling in Rhode Island ... 168 



Stranding 129 Whaling in Connecticut 170 



Breeding Habits 129 Yield of Oil and Baleen 170 



Occurrence in New England Waters . . . 131 Enemies and Parasites .... . . 172 



Former Abundance 131 Jonah and the Whale 174 



Seasonal Occurrence 132 An Indian Totem 174 



Fossil Remains 144 



COMMON FINBACK WHALE (Balaenoptera physalus) 176 



History and Nomenclature 177 Skeleton 186 



Vernacular Names 179 Movements and Spouting 192 



Description 180 Schools 194 



Form 180 Rest 195 



Plicae 180 Accidents and Fatalities 19.~> 



<'<>lor 181 Food 200 



Hair ' 182 Breeding Habits and Young 204 



Baleen 182 Range 205 



Kxternal Measurements 183 Occurrence in New England Waters . . . 206 



Weight 184 Finback Whaling on the New England Coast 222 



Auditory Apparatus 185 Commercial Value 231 



Musculature 185 Enemies and Parasites 233 



Visceral Anatomy 186 



Rrnoi. nil's RORQUAL (Buliin/n/^ra liomili.i) 234 



History and Nomenclature 234 Description 235 



Vernacular Names 235 Form 2:5.") 



Illustrations 235 Plicae 230 



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