BRYDES WHALE. 



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more. The longest specimen measiu-ed by me, and one of the 

 lai'gest ca.ptured by the Norwegian whalers in South Africa, was 

 a female from Durban measuring 14-95 metres. The female 

 seems to attain a slightly larger size than the male. 



Dui-ing my stay at the whaling stations in Durban and at 

 Saldanha Bay I was able to examine twelve specimens in all ; 

 and the following table gives the measurements and some other 

 characteristics of three which showed comparatively great 

 differences. 



Measurements of BalcBnoptera bryclei (in metres). 



$. 12.9.12. 



Total length 12-35 



Tip of guout to anterior end of eye 2"41 



angle of mouth 2'50 



terior end of dorsal iin . 8-55 



„ „ blowholes 1-85 



„ ,, tlippers (anterior margin) . 4-0 



From n otcli of flukes to vent 3-38 



„ „ „ hinder side of penis 



or vulva 4-43 35-0 



Length of the flippers (from axilla) I'O 8'0 



Greatest breadth of the flippers 0-33 2-6 



Breadth of the flippers at base 



Vertical height of the dorsal fin O'SO 2-4 



Diameter of eye 



Length of the eye-opening 



Length of the blowholes 



Distance between the anterior ends of the 



blowholes 

 Distance between the posterior ends of the 



blowholes 



Length of the anus 



Length of the penis or vulva 



Diameter of penis at base 



Number of baleen-plates in each ]a.-w (the 



rudimentary baleen not included) 



Greatest length of the baleeu-plates (with 



out bristles) 



Greatest breadth of the longest baleen (at 



the base) 



Greatest thickness of the longest baleen ... 

 Length of the anterior (rudimentary) 



baleen 



Length of the longest bristles (on the 



longest baleen) 



Number of furrows between the flippers... 



Height of the body at the flippers lea. I'B |14'7 



Distance between the flippers on the ventral 

 side 



0-10 

 1-37 

 0-20 



ca. 260 



0-38 



0-18 

 0-05 



0-15 



0-20 



per 

 cent 



100 

 19-5 

 20-2 

 69-2 

 15-0 

 32-3 

 27-3 



c?. 5.3.13. 



13-07 

 2-40 

 2-48 

 8-5 

 2-05 

 4-0 

 3-56 



4-61 

 1-39 

 036 

 0-28 

 0-30 

 0-12 



0-40 



0-02 



0-22 

 0-12 

 1-06 



ca. 250 

 0-32 

 0-14 



012 



0-14 

 54 



2-0 



per 

 cent 



100 

 18-3 

 18-9 

 65-0 

 15-6 

 30-6 

 27-2 



35-2 

 10-6 



2-7 

 2-1 



2-2 



?. 15.11.12. 



14-95 

 2-9 

 2-9 



10-5 

 2-36 

 4-9 



per 

 cent 



100 

 19-4 

 19-4 

 70-0 

 15-6 

 32-7 



4-5 301 



1-23 

 0-40 

 0-35 

 0-31 

 0-10 



0-32 



0-04 



0-18 

 0-08 

 0-18 



ca. 280 

 0-49 



0-23 

 ca.0-03 



0-12 

 54 



■32-1 

 8-3 

 2-6 

 2-3 

 2-0 



The shape of B. hrydei, as of the other species of the genus 

 Balcenoptera, varies somewhat, but as a rule it is remarkably 

 elongated (PI. CIX.), often even more so than in the Fin-whale 



