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light purplish flesh-colour. There was a small streak of white 
about 1 ft. by 8 or 4 in. on the upper lip about half-way along 
the gape; very little black on the outer side of the flippers, in- 
cluding a narrow rim along the hinder edge. Clusters of Diadema 
coronula, as usual, some individuals being fairly large (but none 
of them equal to specimens I obtained in 1884), and a few of 
them had Conchoderma auritum attached to them, but no large 
examples. The gape of the mouth, measured along the curve of 
the upper jaw, was 9ft.10in. Length of flipper, 12 ft. 11 in. 
Width of skull opposite blow-holes about 3 ft.11imn. Tip of nose 
to inner edge of blow-holes, 8 ft. 2in. Distance between blow- 
holes at inner corner, 24in. Flukes, fore and aft, at central 
notch or fork, 3 ft. 8in. On the 22nd 1 saw the ‘Kiberg’ 
towing rather a small male Humpback, which had evidently 
been killed a few days previously, as it was much distended. 
The chin was black, but I could see some white on the under 
jaw; the throat and chest white, as far aft as the point of 
maximum girth (the end of the ribbings) ; the remainder of the 
lower side black. Capt. Selliken informed me that a fcetus of 
this species, which he had found in June, measured one foot. 
Capt. Berg told me that he had this season captured the biggest 
Humpback he has hitherto seen. It wasa female, and measured 
- 50 Norwegian feet (52 ft. English) in a straight line (measured 
as Dr. Guldberg had directed). Its girth was 40ft., but this 
would, of course, alter very materially, according to the degree 
of inflation. The blubber filled two of the large boilers. Capt. 
Horn told me that on the passage north of his whalers last 
spring, after passing Nordkyn on March 6th, Humpbacks were 
very numerous all along the coast. More of this species were 
killed last season than in any previous year, but this is not 
necessarily the result of their being more numerous, but because, 
in the absence of the more profitable species, they were hunted 
in preference to the least profitable species (B. borealis); 96 
were killed last season as against about 70 in 1884, a lesser 
number in 1883, and previous to that year very few, if any at 
all. The blubber of the Humpback takes rather a longer time 
to boil down than either of the Rorquals. 
Buur Waate.—At Yeretiki (Murman coast), on Sept. 1st, I 
measured the krang of a Blue Whale, which was 79 ft. following 
the curves, which would not, however, have made 2 ft. difference 
