TEE BOWHEAI), OR GREAT POLAR WHALE. 



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The above illustration represents the relative proportions of the full-gTowu baleen of different 

 sjiecies of whalebone -whales, as follows : 



1. Baleen of the Bowhead, or Great Polar TV'hale. 



2. Baleen of the Right AVhale of the North-western Coast. 



3. Baleen of the Sulphurbottom Whale. 



4. Baleen of the Humpback "Whale. 



5. Baleen of the California Gray Whale. 



G. Baleen of the California Graj' Whale, in a section, showing the manner of its being 



imbedded in the gum of the jaw. 

 7. Baleen of the California Gray Whale, in a section, showing how the fringes lie across. 



