Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volumen33Smithsonian Institution, 1904 - 332 páginas |
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... flukes , measured along the back . I adopted this for two reasons : first , because it gave rigid points from which to measure , and , second , because it is nearly impossible under ordinary circumstances to have a whale placed so as to ...
... flukes , measured along the back . I adopted this for two reasons : first , because it gave rigid points from which to measure , and , second , because it is nearly impossible under ordinary circumstances to have a whale placed so as to ...
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... flukes 23 ft . broad , the flipper 26 ft . long , the baleen 3 ft . long . The other female was about 60 ft . long , and of the cubs one was 33 ft . long , and the remaining two 25 or 26 ft . The writer states that the whales occurred ...
... flukes 23 ft . broad , the flipper 26 ft . long , the baleen 3 ft . long . The other female was about 60 ft . long , and of the cubs one was 33 ft . long , and the remaining two 25 or 26 ft . The writer states that the whales occurred ...
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... flukes have a breadth of 12 feet 1 inch ; back fin , 1 foot 3 inches ; depth of flukes , 3 feet 2 inches ; from snout to back fin , 40 feet ; length of mouth , 12 feet . The outside skin was nearly all stripped off , as he had been ...
... flukes have a breadth of 12 feet 1 inch ; back fin , 1 foot 3 inches ; depth of flukes , 3 feet 2 inches ; from snout to back fin , 40 feet ; length of mouth , 12 feet . The outside skin was nearly all stripped off , as he had been ...
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... flukes suddenly expand to a breadth of ten feet . The cervical vertebræ were all distinct . Color : jet black above , white on the belly ; sides beautifully marbled by the combination of the two colors . " The most striking feature in ...
... flukes suddenly expand to a breadth of ten feet . The cervical vertebræ were all distinct . Color : jet black above , white on the belly ; sides beautifully marbled by the combination of the two colors . " The most striking feature in ...
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... flukes ... ... 43 ft . 9 in . 66 15 O 66 8 " C 66 O 4 O 66 66 I 3 66 66 IO O Color " jet black above , white on the belly ; sides beautifully marbled by the combination of the two colors . " " There were 360 laminæ of baleen , the ...
... flukes ... ... 43 ft . 9 in . 66 15 O 66 8 " C 66 O 4 O 66 66 I 3 66 66 IO O Color " jet black above , white on the belly ; sides beautifully marbled by the combination of the two colors . " " There were 360 laminæ of baleen , the ...
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abdominal ridges acuto-rostrata American specimens anus Atlantic Balana baleen BALENA STATION BALENOPTERA MUSCULUS BALENOPTERA PHYSALUS bellicosa Beneden biscayensis blowholes bones BONNATERRE border Cape Cod caudal peduncle centrum cervical cetaceans cetology chevron cisarctica coast color CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE Cope's curved dark gray distal end Ditto dorsal fin Eschricht EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN European specimens feet females FIGURE Finback Finback whale flukes follows furrows Gasco Gervais Greatest breadth Greenland humerus Humpback Iceland inches individuals Island longimana lumbar mandible Mass maxilla measurements median line Megaptera MEGAPTERA NODOSA BONNATERRE nasals navel Newfoundland Newfoundland specimens North Norwegian Ocean City osphyia pectoral fin PLATE posterior margin regarding remarks Right whale Sars's Scammon scapula side skeleton skull SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS Snook's Arm snout species sternum straight Struthers Sulphurbottom surface Taranto total length U. S. National Museum upper jaw Ventral view vertebræ voyage whale fishery whalebone