1130 fisheries of the united states. [100] 



Sulphur-bottom whalebone. 



Slab of baleen or whalebone from jaw of Pacific sulphur-bottom 

 whale (Sibbaldius sulfur eus.) Port Townsend, Washington 

 Territory. 72,092. Collected by J. G. Swan. 



California cray whalebone. 



Slabs of baleen or whalebone from jaw of California gray whale 

 (Rhachianectes glaums). Coast of California. 12,052. Collected 

 by Capt. C. M. Scammon. 



Atlantic humpback whalebone. 



Slab of baleen or whalebone from jaw of humpback whale of the 

 Atlantic Ocean. Length, 7 feet 5 inches. New Bedford, Mass., 

 1883. 57,136. Gilt of I. H. Bartlett & Sons. 



Pacific humpback whalebone. 



Slabs of baleen or whalebone from jaw of Pacific humpback whale 

 (Megaptera versabilis). Coast of California. 12,311. Collected 

 by Capt. C. M. Scammon. 



South Sea whalebone. 



Slab of baleen or whalebone from jaw of South Sea right whale. 

 Length, 6 feet 3 inches. New Bedford, Mass., 1883. 57,132. 

 IT. S. Fish Commission. 



Northwest whalebone. 



Slab of baleen or whalebone from jaw of Northwest coast, or Pa- 

 cific right whale (Balcena Sieboldii). Length, 7 feet 2 inches. 

 New Bedford, Mass., 1883. 57,134. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 Japan whalebone. 



Slab of baleen or whalebone from jaw of right whale. Length, 8 

 feet 4 inches. New Bedford, Mass., 1883. 57,135. 



Northwest whalebone. . 



Slabs of baleen or whalebone from jaw of Pacific right whale (Eu- 

 balcvna Sieboldii) takeu in the North Pacific Ocean. Collected 

 by Capt. C. M. Scammon. 15,402. 



Arctic whalebone. 



Slab of baleen or whalebone from jaw of Bowhead whale (Balcena 

 Qnysticetus), taken in Pacific Arctic Ocean by bark Fleetwing, 

 in May, 1882. Length, 10 feet 4 inches. New Bedford, Mass., 

 1882. 57,575. Gift of J. & W. E. Wing. 



Arctic whalebone. 



Slab of baleen or whalebone from jaw of Arctic or Bowhead whale 

 (Balcena mysticetus). Length, 9 feet 5 inches. New Bedford, 

 Mass., 1883. 57,133. Gift of I. H. Bartlett & Sons. 



