INDEX. 



321 



Balcenoptera musculiis, 58, 149, 150, 216, 270, 297 



abdominal ridges, characters 

 of, 176 



abdominal ridges, number of, 

 176 



American specimens of, in 

 European museums, 309 



caudal peduncle, measure- 

 ments of, in Newfoundland 

 specimens, 175 



Cocks's remarks on length of, 

 150 



Cocks's statistics of length of 

 Norwegian, 154 



color, Sars's description of, 

 161 



color of Iceland specimens 

 of, 169 



color of Newfoundland speci- 

 mens of, 162 



comparative measurements 

 of Greenland and New- 

 foundland specimens of , 191 



comparative measurements 

 of Iceland and Newfound- 

 land specimens of, 161 



comparative measurements 

 of Newfoundland and Nor- 

 wegian specimens of, 159, 

 160 



diagnosis of, 299 



by Sars, 149 



dorsal fin, 171 



shape of, 172 



eye, in Newfoundland speci- 

 mens, 175 



flukes, 177 



fetuses of, at Newfoundland, 

 155 



girth, in Newfoundland speci- 

 mens, 176 



Guldberg's remarks on length 

 of, 150, 151 



hairs, 178 



head, shape of, in Newfound- 

 land specimens of, 174 



individual variation in color 

 of Newfoundland speci- 

 mens of, 164 



list of specimens taken at 

 Balena station, Newfound- 

 land, in 1901, 153 



mammary slits, 177 



measurements of Iceland 

 specimens of, 160 



measurements of Newfound- 

 land specimens of, 174 



navel, 177 



Ocean City (N. J.) specimen 



of, 179 



Ocean City (N. J.) specimen of, 

 measurements of 184, 189 



Balcenoptera musculus, Ocean City (N. J.) specimen 



of, nasals of, 184 

 Ocean City (N. J.) specimen 



of, phalanges of, 188 

 Ocean City (N. J.) specimen 



of, ribs of, 185 

 Ocean City (N. J.) specimen 



of, scapula of, 186 

 osteological characters of, 

 summarized by Van Ben- 

 eden, 181 

 pectoral fins, 173 

 pectoral fins of Newfound- 

 land specimens of, 173 

 pectoral fins, Sars's descrip- 

 tion of, 173 

 phalanges, 188 

 proportions of, 156 

 radius and ulna, 187 



measurements 



of, 188 

 ribs, 185 



measurements of, 185 

 scapula, 185 



figures of, 185 

 measurements of, 187 

 skeleton, 178 

 skull, 183 



measurements of, 184 

 Rheinhardt's figure of, 



183 



" small," shape of, 175 

 statistics of length of New- 

 foundland specimens of, 154 

 sternum, figures of, 187 

 summary of discussion of, 188 

 table of measurements of 

 European specimens of, 159 

 table of measurements of 

 Newfoundland specimens 

 of, 157 

 table of statistics of length 



of, 156 



vertebral formula of, 181 , 182 

 whalebone, 177 

 Balcenoptera musculus from Greenland, description of, 



189 

 measurements 



of, 190 

 Balcenoptera physalus, 6, 40, 43, 84, 107, 111, 216, 



270, 297 



abdominal ridges and fur- 

 rows, 129 



American specimens of, 131 

 American specimens of, in 



European museums, 309 

 auricular orifice, 130 

 captured off Gloucester, 



Mass., 60 



chevron bones, 139 

 color, asymmetry of, 121 

 color of, described by Sars, 120 



