The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphidae An account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae in the collection of the united states museum...
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Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidæ in the U. S. National Museum
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.
WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.
DESCRIPTIONS OF SKULLS AND SKELETONS OF ZIPHIOID WHALES.
Genus MESOPLODON Gervais.
MESOPLODON BIDENS (Sowerby).
SKULL.
MANDIBLE.
TEETH.
SKULL.
MANDIBLE.
TEETH.
MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS (Blainville)?
MESOPLODON EUROPÆUS (Gervais).
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS.
SKULL.
MANDIBLE.
VERTEBRÆ.
RIBS.
STERNUM.
PECTORAL LIMB.
HISTORY OF THE ATLANTIC CITY SPECIMEN.
EXTERNAL FORM AND COLOR.
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS.
SKULL.
MANDIBLE.
VERTEBRÆ.
RIBS.
STERNUM.
PECTORAL LIMB.
HISTORY OF THE ATLANTIC CITY SPECIMEN.
EXTERNAL FORM AND COLOR.
MESOPLODON STEJNEGERI True.
SKULL.
MANDIBLE.
TEETH.
EXTERNAL FORM.
SKULL.
MANDIBLE.
TEETH.
EXTERNAL FORM.
Genus ZIPHIUS Cuvier.
ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS Cuvier.
HISTORY OF THE NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, SPECIMEN.
HISTORY OF THE BARNEGAT CITY, NEW JERSEY, SPECIMEN.
COLORATION.
TYPE OF ZIPHIUS SEMIJUNCTUS (COPE).
COMPARISON OF SKELETONS.
VERTEBRAL COLUMN AS A WHOLE.
CHARACTERS OF THE VERTEBRÆ.
CERVICAL VERTEBRÆ.
THORACIC VERTEBRÆ.
LUMBAR VERTEBRÆ.
CAUDAL VERTEBRÆ.
CHEVRONS.
RIBS.
STERNUM.
SCAPULA.
FORE LIMB.
PHALANGEAL FORMULA.
SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES IN SKELETONS.
AGE VARIATIONS IN SKULLS.
SEX CHARACTERS.
TEETH.
SKELETON OF ZIPHIUS FROM BERING ISLAND.
EXTERNAL CHARACTERS.
HISTORY OF THE NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, SPECIMEN.
HISTORY OF THE BARNEGAT CITY, NEW JERSEY, SPECIMEN.
COLORATION.
TYPE OF ZIPHIUS SEMIJUNCTUS (COPE).
COMPARISON OF SKELETONS.
VERTEBRAL COLUMN AS A WHOLE.
CHARACTERS OF THE VERTEBRÆ.
CERVICAL VERTEBRÆ.
THORACIC VERTEBRÆ.
LUMBAR VERTEBRÆ.
CAUDAL VERTEBRÆ.
CHEVRONS.
RIBS.
STERNUM.
SCAPULA.
FORE LIMB.
PHALANGEAL FORMULA.
SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES IN SKELETONS.
AGE VARIATIONS IN SKULLS.
SEX CHARACTERS.
TEETH.
SKELETON OF ZIPHIUS FROM BERING ISLAND.
EXTERNAL CHARACTERS.
Genus BERARDIUS Duvernoy.
BERARDIUS BAIRDII Stejneger.
HISTORY OF THE ST. GEORGE ISLAND SPECIMENS.
HISTORY OF THE CENTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA, SPECIMEN.
DESCRIPTION OF A YOUNG BERING ISLAND SPECIMEN.
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII.
SIZE.
COLORATION.
SKULL.
EARBONES.
TEETH.
SKELETON.
VERTEBRÆ.
SCAPULA.
HUMERUS AND ULNA.
CHEVRONS.
STERNUM.
HISTORY OF THE ST. GEORGE ISLAND SPECIMENS.
HISTORY OF THE CENTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA, SPECIMEN.
DESCRIPTION OF A YOUNG BERING ISLAND SPECIMEN.
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII.
SIZE.
COLORATION.
SKULL.
EARBONES.
TEETH.
SKELETON.
VERTEBRÆ.
SCAPULA.
HUMERUS AND ULNA.
CHEVRONS.
STERNUM.
Genus HYPEROÖDON Lacépède.
HYPEROÖDON AMPULLATUS (Forster).
LIST OF SPECIES OF EXISTING ZIPHIOID WHALES.
FOOTNOTES
INDEX.
EXPLANATION OF PLATES.
Plate 1 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON
Plate 2 SKULLS AND TOOTH OF MESOPLODON
Plate 3 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON STEJNEGERI
Plate 4 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON
Plate 5 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON EUROPÆUS
Plate 6 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON STEJNEGERI
Plate 7 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON
Plate 8 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON EUROPÆUS
Plate 9 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON STEJNEGERI
Plate 10 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON
Plate 11 MANDIBLES OF MESOPLODON
Plate 12 MANDIBLE AND TEETH OF MESOPLODON STEJNEGERI
Plate 13 SKELETON AND LUNGS OF MESOPLODON EUROPÆUS
Plate 14 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS
Plate 15 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS
Plate 16 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS
Plate 17 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS
Plate 18 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS
Plate 19 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS
Plate 20 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS
Plate 21 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS
Plate 22 MANDIBLES OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS
Plate 23 MANDIBLES OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS
Plate 24 MANDIBLES AND VERTEBRÆ OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS
Plate 25 SKELETON OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS
Plate 26 SKULLS OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII
Plate 27 SKULLS OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII
Plate 28 SKULLS OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII
Plate 29 SKULLS OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII
Plate 30 MANDIBLES OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII
Plate 31 MANDIBLES OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII
Plate 32 BERARDIUS BAIRDII AND HYPEROÖDON AMPULLATUS
Plate 33 SKELETON OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII
Plate 34 TYMPANIC BONES OF MESOPLODON, ZIPHIUS, AND BERARDIUS
Plate 35 TYMPANIC BONES OF MESOPLODON, ZIPHIUS, AND BERARDIUS
Plate 36 PERIOTIC BONES OF MESOPLODON, ZIPHIUS, AND BERARDIUS
Plate 37 PERIOTIC BONES OF MESOPLODON, ZIPHIUS, AND BERARDIUS
Plate 38 TEETH OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS
Plate 39 TEETH OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII
Plate 40 MESOPLODON EUROPÆUS AND M. STEJNEGERI
Plate 41 MESOPLODON AND ZIPHIUS
Plate 42 BERARDIUS BAIRDII
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