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ESCHRICHT AND REINHARDT 



In the skeleton of the largest male 



smaller male 



vouiisr female 



In the new-born female .... 

 „ female fætus preserved in spirit 

 „ very small female foetus (at Stockholm) 



The head 18^ ft. 



The total length 47^ ft. 



The head 17 ft. 7 iu. 



The total length 44 ft. 5 in! 



The head 7 ft. 7 in. 



The total length 32 ft. 4 in. 



The head 4 ft. 



The length 13 ft. 

 The head 2 ft. lOi in. 

 The length 8 ft. 8 in. 



The head 55 in. 

 The length 1 ft. 41 in. 



37 



211 

 533 

 91^ 



268 

 4 



13 

 69 



2U8 

 23 

 66 



0,3895 

 0,3959 

 0,3396 

 0,3077 

 0,3317 

 0,3485 



Here, indeed, we have also the proportionate size of the head sometimes nearly four tenths, 

 sometimes even under three tenths (two sevenths) ; but it can hardly be supposed to be acci- 

 dental, that both the large-headed individuals were full grown males, and all the small -headed 

 ones young females. The only thing doubtful might perhaps be, whether the difference is rather 

 a character of age or of sex. But such a doubt appears already to have been removed by 

 Scoreby's statements. Numerous as the whales caught by this excellent whale-fisher were, he 

 only measured them in very rare cases, limited, apparently, to the six before mentioned. At 

 all events he has not informed us of the results of other measurings, so these are the only ones 

 available. These six measurements^ showed the followins results : 



Sex. 



Female 



Male . . . , 



Female .... 



Not stated 



Male .... 



Not stated . ■ . 



Length. 



Length of the 

 Head. 



Ratio. 



17 ft. Engl. 



28 



50 



51 



52 



58 „ 



5 ft. Engl. 



% 



15i „ 

 16 

 20 

 19 



0-2941 



030356 



0-3100 



0-3137 



0-3846 



0-3276 



It will be seen that, in the four of these cases in which the sex is stated, the ratio is in the 

 ]:irge male 0*3846, almost exactly as in our two large males, in the small male (twenty-eight 

 foet) only 0-30356, even smaller, therefore, than in the female (twenty-two and a half feet long) 

 measured by us. We have, then, some reason to suppose that the extraordinary size of the head 

 is only developed as the animal advances in years ; but by the measurements of the two females 



■ Account,' i, p. 464. 



