46 THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 



6. B. loops. "The Jubarte." (P. 6.) 



"Found ordinarily in the Greenland seas, between the 61st and 65th degrees 

 of latitude, about Pamiuk and Pissukbik." 



Bonnaterre paraphrases Fabricius's account of B. boops, which relates, of 

 course, to the Humpback. He closes with the na'ive remark: "Judging from the 

 description of Otto Fabricius, it seems to me that there is a slight defectuosity in 

 the figure which we have given." As the figure given is from Sibbald and repre- 

 sents a Finback rather than a Humpback, the " defectuosity " is not surprising. 

 Bonnaterre also quotes in this place Sibbald's measurements of this same Finback 

 which Linnaeus called Balcena loops. By thus combining Linnseus's B. boops 

 (a Finback) and Fabricius's B. loops (a Humpback) Bonnaterre caused confusion 

 which has lasted until the present time. In a recent paper I endeavored to point 

 out the facts in the case. 1 It is somewhat singular that so critical a naturalist as 

 Bonnaterre failed to discover that his B. nodosa (from Dudley) and his B. loops 

 (from Fabricius) were very closely related, if not identical. 



T. B. musculus. " The Rorqual." (P. 7.) 

 " In Iceland, called Steipe-Reydus." 



Bonnaterre has the correct Icelandic name in this case. He quotes Sibbald's 

 account and measurements. 



8. B. rostrata. " Beaked whale." (P. 8.) 



" Found in large numbers in the Greenland seas ; it frequently visits the seas 

 of Europe." 



Bonnaterre quotes Fabricius and Hunter. This is the Little Piked whale, 

 Balcenoptera acuto-rostrata Lacepede. 



Nineteenth Century. 



In the opening decades of the nineteenth century decided advances were made 

 in the classification of whales, in the observation of their habits, and in the descrip- 

 tion of their structure. Lacepede, Scoresby, G. Cuvier, F. Cuvier, Desmarest, 

 Home, Camper, Brandt and Ratzburg, and Fischer were among the most important 

 contributors to cetological literature at this period, but their work has little or 

 nothing to do directly with American species or American observations. 



The narrative of Lewis and Clark's memorable expedition to the Pacific coast 

 in 1804-06 contains a few references to whales, which are so brief that they may 

 be quoted here in full. The earliest incident dates from January 4, 1806, when 



' Proc. U. S.-Nat. Mus., 21, 1898, p. 624. 



It is true that Fabricius himself adopted Linnaeus's names, and cited the Systema Naturje, 

 but it is not likely that he had access to the sources from which the latter derived his facts, as 

 Bonnaterre did. 



