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MR. 1). (;. \A\AAK OX TlIK ANATUMV 



[May 24, 



ami to Mr. E. \\ . L. Hull tor iiiiuli kimliu-s.s sliowii to iiie 

 at limishUea. I fanuot express my thanks too wainily for the 

 cordial help and hospitality neeorded t(» me by Captain Arti- 

 Pettei-sen, Mr. E. Christensen, ami others at the Whaliuj; Station. 

 ^ly sincere thanks are dne to Mr. A. E. Shipley, F.ll.S., for many 

 kindnesses. To Dr. W. T. Caiman I am ii\del)ted for the deter- 

 mination of the Crustacea. Finally, to Dr. IT. (iadovv, F.R.S., 1 

 am very deeply grateful for his NaluMhle lulp with regard to 

 several anatomical pinnts. 



1 1. I'llK SpICCIKS ('Al'TlKKl) AC I \.\ rsll KICA. 



The catch of \vhales at Innishkea for the o[)eniiig season of 

 li>08 nmnhered 77, a.nd was as follows*: 



") liahriKt hls('(()/riisifi CtVivy. 



21 Ualdiiojitcrti ni kxckI as iAwwu'Ws. 



ID Hidaiioptvra sihlnddii Cray. 



iU lidLcnopicrd horral is Liesson. 



1 .]fe(j((/)t<'/-a IdiKjiitiuiia lludoiphi. 



The total number of whales cau^iiht during the season of 1900 

 was H)'2. These consisted of five species. The numbers ami 

 average length of the individuals are given in the following 

 table :— 



spPClPS. 



Total V- 1 Avoratrc -vT , Averaffe 



minihcr ,. ., ,, length .. ,-, leiiifth 



■ .,, , fit hulls. .•,,1, ottows. ..,~r 



kil I'll. i of liulls. ()t Cows. 



Saiitiia bixrai/f'i.iis (irav 



' JBal(fn,ij>fcrif musciiliis Linineiis. bfi 



I 



i Balt^noptera sihhdldii iirny .. 27 



' Balcevopfera horealis Les.soii . !• 



Phiisetrr macrt)i-iph((l IIS Linn;i'M.- n 



IS 

 I 



ft. ins. I 

 1.3 ti 1 



68 3 



65 5 I 



43 I 



1 

 29 

 11 



ft. ins. 

 l:< O 



(VJ 



6H o 



42 



Ills the list of species taken oil' Innishkea is 



/{aUnia hiscai/iiitfin Cray, 

 /iulnnoptera hikscuIks Linnanis, 

 /uflft lioptora si/thaldii (irav, 

 liidcfnoptera horealis Ijessou, 

 Jfe(/((/>ter<( loiif/iiiiaiKi Uudo]j)hi. 

 riijl.^i tcr )ii(irrf>('('./i/i(i/ii.s Jjinineu.s, 



folK 



llMhtiiir. .\im;iU ol S.0II1-I1 Niit. Ili>t. A|.vil VMn\. p. t;>. 



