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The whalebone whales of the western North Atlantic

compared with those occurring in European waters

by Frederick William True

Published 1904 by Smithsonian institution in Washington .

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Table of Contents

	List of Text Figures.	vii
	Introduction.	1
I.	The Earliest References to Whalebone Whales in American Waters.	6
II.	A Chronological Account of Important Contributions to the Natural History of North American Whalebone whales.	34
III.	A Review of Cope's and Scammon's Species.	78
IV.	The Common Finback, <i>Balænoptera physalus</i> (Linn.).	107
V.	The Sulphurbottom, <i>Balænoptera musculus</i> (Linn.).	149
VI.	The Little Piked Whale, <i>Balænoptera acuto-rostrata</i> Lacépède.	192
VII.	The Humpback, <i>Megaptera nodosa</i> (Bonnaterre).	211
VIII.	The North Atlantic Right Whale <i>Balæna glacialis</i> Bonnaterre.	244
IX.	Whalebone Whales of the Eastern North Pacific Ocean	269
X.	Conclusions.	297
Appendix 1.	List of Works Cited.	303
Appendix 2.	American Specimens of Whlaebone Whales in European Museums.	308
	Explanation of Palates	311
	Index	319

Edition Notes

Series: Smithsonian contributions to knowledge, v. 33, [Smithsonian publication] -- 1414, Smithsonian contributions to knowledge -- v. 33., Publication (Smithsonian Institution) -- 1414.

Classifications

Library of Congress: Q11 .S68 vol.33

Pagination: vii, 332 p.

Open Library: OL7056851M
Internet Archive: whalebonewhaleso00truerich
LC Control Number: 04027885

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