Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volumen33Smithsonian Institution, 1904 - 332 páginas |
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... body more than as much again . " It raised itself up and that which it showed in height was more than five times the height of a middle - sized man , which makes 25 feet . And the fear was not a little that all had when with its leaps ...
... body more than as much again . " It raised itself up and that which it showed in height was more than five times the height of a middle - sized man , which makes 25 feet . And the fear was not a little that all had when with its leaps ...
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... body , and a dorsal protuberance : the ' Finback whale , ' of which the dorsal fin is 2 feet long , and the pectoral fins from 6 to 7 feet ; the ' Humpback whale , ' which , in place of a fin , has a simple hump a foot high and pointed ...
... body , and a dorsal protuberance : the ' Finback whale , ' of which the dorsal fin is 2 feet long , and the pectoral fins from 6 to 7 feet ; the ' Humpback whale , ' which , in place of a fin , has a simple hump a foot high and pointed ...
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... body near the tail very slender . The 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 ...
... body near the tail very slender . The 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 ...
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... Body near tail very slender . Length from end of muzzle over convexity of back ... Length from end of muzzle to axilla ( external measurement ) Breadth of head across inferior margin of jaws . Length of pectoral ..... Greatest breadth ...
... Body near tail very slender . Length from end of muzzle over convexity of back ... Length from end of muzzle to axilla ( external measurement ) Breadth of head across inferior margin of jaws . Length of pectoral ..... Greatest breadth ...
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... body was the living color and not due to change after death , which strengthens the case in favor of B. borealis . In spite of these apparent agreements with B. borealis , my own opinion , as already stated , is that S. tuberosus is to ...
... body was the living color and not due to change after death , which strengthens the case in favor of B. borealis . In spite of these apparent agreements with B. borealis , my own opinion , as already stated , is that S. tuberosus is to ...
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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