1909. | WHALE BALANA GLACIALIS. 93 
The specimens of the latter year averaged rather smaller 
than those of 1907. The females seem to be larger on the whole 
than the males; and the largest of all the specimens was a 
female, whose length was 50 feet (15-2 metres). 
Text-fig. 5. 
Balena glacialis, male; from the Hebrides, July 6th, 1908. 
The 24 specimens in 1907 were of the following length :-— 
Mauss (12). FEMALES (12). 
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