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THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 



BALMNOPTERA MUSCULUS CL.). BALENA STATION, NEWFOUNDLAND. 1901. 



As already stated, there is no considerable number of measurements of Euro- 

 pean specimens with which the Newfoundland figures can be compared, and 

 these show such discrepancies as to be of little use. Some well-known specimens, 

 such as the Ostend whale of 1827, cannot be considered at all on account of the 

 uncertainty as to their real length, etc. Great pains have been taken in the follow- 

 ing table to harmonize the measurements of the different specimens with each 

 other and with the Newfoundland series, but the results are entirely unsatisfac- 

 tory. Measurements in brackets are calculated from others given by the various 

 observers. Eschricht's Greenland specimen is inchided here for convenience. 



1 Average of the two sides. 



Center. 



