284 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
with Pierce & Eggers’ Shoulder-gun. Made in three sections. The 
lance is loaded by detaching the rear section, and capped by detaching 
the cutting-point.” 
It is only necessary to give brief extracts from the papers 
referred to as received by Prof. True :— 
Capt. Eben Pierce, in a letter dated New Bedford, Feb. 28, 
1889, says, ‘‘ In reply to yours about bomb-lances I would say I 
have never sold any lances to the Norwegians. I have sold them 
to the Scotch whalers.” As the name Blue Whale leaves the 
identity of the whale in doubt, I will mention that although I 
did not see the individual, yet the name Blue Whale in Norwegian 
(I believe I was the first to adopt it in English) always signifies 
Balenoptera Sibbaldii. The present instance proving that this 
species also occurs on the American side, it is probably identical 
with either the Sibbaldius tuberosus or tectirostris of Cope. 
The bomb is considered to be one of the first manufactured 
by Capt. Eben Pierce, of New Bedford (Massachusetts), and he 
has some of this patent still on hand. .‘“‘ He is still engaged in 
their manufacture, but on an improved plan, and are those mostly 
used in the Arctic by American whalers.” ‘“ Sometimes some 
careless persons fire these bombs into the whale without being 
loaded, and in this case they do not explode, but remain in the 
whale for years in their perfect state. This bomb never con- 
tained poison, but simply powder.” 
Capt. Berg, of Syltefjord, and Capt. Hoff, of Jarfjord, send the 
following notes of foetuses found during the last season, the obser- 
vations of each being distinguished by the letters (B) and (H) :— 
Norw. 
ft. in 
Common Rorqual, May 19 4 0 (B) 
% June 2 AN 5 J 
iY July 16 Sir ra 
” ” 20 3 0 ” 
:; jae 4 6 (H) 
- Aug. 4 5 4 (B) 
- ,, 20; probably between 5 and 6 feet, 
but quite decomposed, as the whale had been 
killed five days when flensed. (H) 
Rudolphi’s Rorqual, July 26... ... 8 1 (B) 
S Angi 16) 238) loan cain 6 (H) 
, 5 ais REL DR tale okt eyelet 
