LITTLE PTKED WHALE. 



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1913. Some pieces of baleen of this species were picked up at Horseneck Beach, Barn- 

 stable, Mass., probably early this year or shortly previous. I am indebted to Mr. C. W. John- 

 son, who identified the specimens, for this information. No doubt they came from a whale 

 that had been killed near that coast. 



Little Piked Whale in New England Waters. 



It is interesting to see from these records, that most of the individuals of which there is 

 any special note, were captured in fish traps close to shore, or in harbors or estuaries. With 

 one exception all those that were actually measured, were under 17 feet in length (the one 

 exception was 22 feet 8 inches). In other words they are chiefly immature animals. That so 

 large a proportion (9 out of 25 records) were taken in fish weirs is indicative not only of the 



