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number killed by one ship was 40 ; she, however, was attended 

 by a tug (to tow home whales as captured, leaving the whaler 

 herself free to continue hunting). Her managing owner told me 

 that 19 of these were Blue Whales, 8 Humpbacks, and the 

 remainder (13) Pinners. The whaler I was out in took 37 

 (unattended by a tug), while the other ship belonging to the 

 same company only took 8. In 1882 Herr Svend Foyn took, 

 I was told, 107 whales, while this season he went off in one of his 

 whalers to Iceland, with a view to establishing a factory on that 

 coast ;* he was "in'ospecting" rather than fishing, and only took 

 two whales there ; his other ship ofif Vadso took 20. 



Synojjsis of Balcenopterida in North European Seas. 



HuMPBACiiED Whale. — Colour of body, wdiole upper part jet- 

 black, including under side of the head ; under side, towards tail 

 end, black ; throat, with the furrows and nearly the whole of under 

 side, may be white, including part of under side of flukes; or 

 may be more or less marked with white, or may be almost 

 entirely black. Flippers very long, = 15 ft. (male about 44 ft.) 

 to end of humerus ; narrow ; paddle or broad-sword shaped (not 

 scimitar-shaped, as the Rorquals) ; deepl}^ serrated along anterior 

 margin ; outer side may be black, or black only to extent of 

 proximal quarter ; under side cream-white. Baleen quite short, 

 and entirely black ; bristles a shade lighter, or whiter than the 

 faded brown of under side of a hedgehog. Remarks: — Numerous 

 tubercles round nose and under jaw; is always infested with 

 Conchoderma auritum, L., growing on Diadcma coronula L., and 

 numberless Cyami. Very thick and robust. 



Common Rorqual. — Colour of body grey-blue, or greyish slate- 

 colour on the back ; the whole under side white, including the 

 under side of the flukes ; the white is onl}' a few inches in width 

 along the small tail part — the last few feet in front of the flukes ; 

 all the furrows included in the white, except about the uppermost 

 row; under jaw also white; upper side of flukes dull black; 

 width (in male rather over 40 ft.) 12 ft. Flippers remarkably 

 short, light slate-colour, tipped with white at the extreme distal 

 edge (but not along the side edge). Baleen black on the outer 



• Vadso is practically "used up," and Herr Foyn is removing his factory 

 thence. 



