. The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America, described and illustrated; together with an account of the American whale-fishery. PUTLINES OF A HuMPBACK, FROM ABOVE. n &. CDS5 o o fed PQ <0 CHAPTER SHARP-HEADED FINNER WHALE. Bal^noptera Davidsoni, Scammon. (Plate vii, fig. 2.) The name Sharp - headed Finner is applied to this, the smallest species ofBalcenoptera known on the coast. The only one we have examined was found deadon the northern shore of Admiralty Inlet, Washington Territory, by some Italianlishermen, in October, 1870 ; transported by them to the opposi
. The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America, described and illustrated; together with an account of the American whale-fishery. PUTLINES OF A HuMPBACK, FROM ABOVE. n &. CDS5 o o fed PQ <0 CHAPTER SHARP-HEADED FINNER WHALE. Bal^noptera Davidsoni, Scammon. (Plate vii, fig. 2.) The name Sharp - headed Finner is applied to this, the smallest species ofBalcenoptera known on the coast. The only one we have examined was found deadon the northern shore of Admiralty Inlet, Washington Territory, by some Italianlishermen, in October, 1870 ; transported by them to the opposite shore, and towedinto Port Townsend Bay, where it was flensed on the beach. This opportunityof seeing the animal out of the water became unusually interesting to us, forthere was a mystery about its history which we had not been able to solve in thecourse of twelve years observations, during which time we had traced it from thecoast of Mexico to Behring Sea. In the Strait of Juan de Fuca opportunities wereafforded for observing its habits more closely than elsewhere. The animal in question is generally called by whalers a young Finback, or aFinbacks calf, and for several years we
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