ON BELMULLET WHALING STATION. 183 
TABLE SIH. 7 Balenoniera musculus (h), Footuses, Percentages. 
Rrccat No. 51 | No. 37 | No. 14 | No. 18 | No: 25°! No. 16 | | 
a 3 3 | g 
Ft. in, Ft. in. Ft. in. | Ft. in| Ft. in. Ft. in 
Total length . $43) 9-0 | 8S 1 Ts) b-| 6. OF} 4 ~ II 
Tip of snout to centre of % eae eats G % % 
18-0 19:0 19°6 18°8 20-1 18°6 
ae 
Tip of snout to centre of | | 
blowhole . : 149. | 148 | 149 158 146 14-4 
Tip of snout to posterior | 
| 
insertion of pectoral | | | | 
es oon) eae = 342 | 347 | 33:9 
Tip of snout to posterior | | 
insertion of dorsal fin  75°7 | 75:0 76: 73°8 73-6 | 754 
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Notch of flukes to anus 306 28-7 30: 29°7 299  30°5 
Notch of flukes to um- | | 
bilicus - 460 | 41:7 48: 
Length of pectoral fin 
(tip to anterior in- 
sertion) . 14:4 13°9 14:5 12-9 12-5 12-7 
Length of pectoral fin | 
(tip to posterior in- 
66 
Eye toear . | 63 | 56 | 8&9 5°9 228 
0°8 
8°6 
45:1 | 45-1 48:3 
Sertion) . .  «. 9-9 W1 | 112 94 | 87 93 
Greatest breadth of | | 
pectoral fin. . ime GO? | ya's) “eco -7 3:5 3-1 3:0 
Vertical height of dorsal 1) 
fin 31 | 32.) 3:3 3-9 28 | 21 
Flukes (tip to tip) A 130 | 130 | 177 _— — 19-5 
TaBLE XIV.—Balenoptera musculus (L.), Foetuses, 
Measurement | Sree aan 
Tip of snout to centre of eye . il £ (6) 19:0 
Tip of snout to centre of blowhole .. | (6) 14:9 
Tip of snout to posterior insertion of 
pectoral fin. . . Se (5) 34:0 
Tip of snout to posterior insertion of | 
daursalfiny ei f .. wistoreieb east. (6) 75-0 
Eye toear . sh: eh} eh Se (5) 63 
Notch of flukes to anus ROR ee nig ee (6) 30:0 
Notch of flukes to umbilicus. (6) 45-8 
Length of pectoral fin (tip to anterior 
insertion) . (6) 13-5 
Length of pectoral fin (tip to posterior 
insertion) . Re (6) 9:9 
Greatest breadth of pectoral fin tor (6) 3:3 
Vertical height of dorsal fin . . . (6) 30 
Width of flukes (tip to tip). . . . (4) 17:0 
_F. Hairs.—These were examined carefully in the foetus labelled 
No. 14. The numbers and distribution of the hairs at the tip of the 
lower jaw, and also along the top of the snout, were similar to those 
in the adult. 
Along the outer edge of the lower jaw there were ten hairs, arranged 
