The Lesser Rorqual(Balænoptera rostrata) in the Scottish Seas, with Observations on its Anatomy

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It is outside the scope of the present paper to enter into the geographical distribution generally of the Lesser Rorqual or Pike Whale (Balænoptera rostrata), and indeed there is no reason why I should do so, as it has so recently been considered by Professor Van Beneden, in his Histoire naturelle des Balénoptères. For a number of years it has been my custom to collect information regarding the Cetacea captured or stranded on the Scottish coasts, and when possible to obtain the animals or their skeletons. I have accumulated, therefore, a considerable body of information regarding the whales frequenting the Scottish seas, some of which I have already published. In the present communication it is my intention to record some facts regarding Balænoptera rostrata, and I may say that when a newspaper paragraph relates the capture of a whalebone whale, and, when measurements are given, if the length is under 30 feet, the animal is most probably the Lesser Rorqual.

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