Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volumen33Smithsonian Institution, 1904 - 332 páginas |
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... light , remarking that Smith " found whales so plentiful along the coast that he turned from the primary object of his voyage to pursue them . " There appears to be nothing in the original narrative just quoted to justify this view ...
... light , remarking that Smith " found whales so plentiful along the coast that he turned from the primary object of his voyage to pursue them . " There appears to be nothing in the original narrative just quoted to justify this view ...
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... light on the Souffleur , but hardly enough to make it certain what it really is . The matter is as follows : 66 Whales are seen about these islands [ Antilles ] from the month of March to the end of May more frequently than in all the ...
... light on the Souffleur , but hardly enough to make it certain what it really is . The matter is as follows : 66 Whales are seen about these islands [ Antilles ] from the month of March to the end of May more frequently than in all the ...
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... LIGHT STATION , 1885. ] Writing under date of July 4 , 1885 , Thomas Milan , keeper , says : There was a male Finback whale came ashore at this station , July 3. He is 56 feet long , cir cumference about 25 feet . The flukes have a ...
... LIGHT STATION , 1885. ] Writing under date of July 4 , 1885 , Thomas Milan , keeper , says : There was a male Finback whale came ashore at this station , July 3. He is 56 feet long , cir cumference about 25 feet . The flukes have a ...
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... light lead color , streaked with black , and its surface is marked with transverse roughening . In the B. physalus the whalebone is , according to Gray , slate - colored on the inner side , white streaked ; on the outer side nearly ...
... light lead color , streaked with black , and its surface is marked with transverse roughening . In the B. physalus the whalebone is , according to Gray , slate - colored on the inner side , white streaked ; on the outer side nearly ...
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... Light House , July , 1844 , ” etc. The skeleton is mounted with all the vertebræ , except the atlas , reversed . The curvature of the dorsal region is exaggerated . Each pectoral limb has three digits , and three phalanges in each digit ...
... Light House , July , 1844 , ” etc. The skeleton is mounted with all the vertebræ , except the atlas , reversed . The curvature of the dorsal region is exaggerated . Each pectoral limb has three digits , and three phalanges in each digit ...
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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