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1904
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The whalebone whales of the western North Atlantic: compared with those occurring in European waters with some observations on the species of the North Pacific
1978, Smithsonian Institution
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Table of Contents
List of Text Figures.
Page vii
Introduction.
Page 1
I.
The Earliest References to Whalebone Whales in American Waters.
Page 6
II.
A Chronological Account of Important Contributions to the Natural History of North American Whalebone whales.
Page 34
III.
A Review of Cope's and Scammon's Species.
Page 78
IV.
The Common Finback, <i>Balænoptera physalus</i> (Linn.).
Page 107
V.
The Sulphurbottom, <i>Balænoptera musculus</i> (Linn.).
Page 149
VI.
The Little Piked Whale, <i>Balænoptera acuto-rostrata</i> Lacépède.
Page 192
VII.
The Humpback, <i>Megaptera nodosa</i> (Bonnaterre).
Page 211
VIII.
The North Atlantic Right Whale <i>Balæna glacialis</i> Bonnaterre.
Page 244
IX.
Whalebone Whales of the Eastern North Pacific Ocean
Page 269
X.
Conclusions.
Page 297
Appendix 1.
List of Works Cited.
Page 303
Appendix 2.
American Specimens of Whlaebone Whales in European Museums.
Page 308
Explanation of Palates
Page 311
Index
Page 319
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