128 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
11ft. 54in. by 2ft. 10in. broad, at about 9in. from central notch. 
Colour almost black above, shading off on under side, through 
streaks of grey, to a little white about the centre of each lobe. 
Transverse diameter of smallest part of tail, close to flukes, 1 ft. 
din. Between extreme points of blow-holes, 10in. This specimen 
was obtained to the westward of Vardé; about the same date 
several were met with about seven sea-miles (equal to twenty- 
eight English land-miles), N.E. of Swjatoi Nos,—that is, about 
one-third of the way across between there and Kanin Nos,—the 
headlands forming the mouth of the White Sea; but a tug, which 
towed two individuals back to Yeretiki (Sept. 5th to evening of 
7th), saw no Whales of any kind to the westward of Swjatoi Nos. 
Capt. Sérensen took a Common Rorqual this season 45 ft. long, 
which was still following the mother, and had only milk in its 
stomach. ‘Two flippers, which I measured at Skjersnes Factory, 
were 8ft. 6in. and 8ft. Sin. respectively. These must have 
belonged to large specimens. 
Rupoupui’s Rorquat (Coal-fish or Capelan Whale).—In the 
year 1884, so far as my information goes,* only five of this 
species were killed along the whole coast worked by the Fin- 
whalers, and, though this species is left alone when larger 
Whales are to be had, yet it is quite certain that it has hitherto 
only appeared as a straggler to the eastward of North Cape, 
though, as a rule, it appears in tolerable numbers off the 
West Finmarken coast (Capt. Bull, from his station on Séréen, 
killing fifteen in 1883). Last year I was assured that thousands 
of this species lay off the N.W. point of Séréen for three weeks 
during June (Capt. Bull, with his two steamers, taking sometimes 
as many as four a day); and also that an immense number 
remained off Sylte Fjord (Hast Finmarken) for about three 
weeks in May and June; while they were common along the 
whole coast during nearly the entire season. They appear, 
however, to have reached the Russian coast rather later, the first 
killed by one of the Yeretiki steamers being on July 10th, and 
the first by one of the Ara steamers two days later, which would 
pretty closely mark the date of their arrival. Herr Weil, who 
has the establishment on Séréen for tinning the “beef” of this 
Whale, increased his staff and machinery, but even then could 
not us® all the flesh. The fact that upwards | of 77 0 Rudolphi’ S 
* Namely, from ‘fifteen. out of the nineteen companies, 
