XI.—The Anatomy of the Northern Beluga (Beluga catodon, Gray; Delphinapterus leucas, Pallas) compared with that of other Whales

Morrison Watson; Alfred H. Young

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XI.—The Anatomy of the Northern Beluga (Beluga catodon, Gray; Delphinapterus leucas, Pallas) compared with that of other Whales

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Morrison Watson and

Alfred H. Young

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Morrison Watson: Affiliation:
Owens College, Manchester
Alfred H. Young: Affiliation:
Owens College, Manchester

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These openings, which are also present in numbers on the region of the cheek, indicate the ducts of numerous mucous glands which lie immediately underneath the mucous membrane. The tongue of Beluga does not appear to differ much from that of other toothed whales. In Globiocephalus intermedius, according to Macalister, not only the tip, but also the margins of the organ are free, whereas in Beluga the latter are attached along nearly their whole length. Dr Murie refers to the presence of a distinct froenum in Globiocephalus melas, but this structure is not recognisable in Beluga.

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Information: Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , 1880 , pp. 393 - 435

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0080456800028556 [Opens in a new window]
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^{page 393 note *} An interesting account both of this and of a prior attempt to introduce whales into England was issued in pamphet from by Mr H. Lee, F.L.S., &c.

^{page 394 note *} “Account of a Beluga or White Whale,” Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, vol.iii.

^{page 394 note †} “Description of White Fish or White Whale” (Beluga borealis), Boston Journal of Natural History, vol. vii.

^{page 397 note *} I. p. 230.

^{page 397 note †} II. p. 251.

^{page 397 note ‡} III p. 610.

^{page 397 note §} IV p. 140.

^{page 397 note ║} V. p. 143.

^{page 397 note ¶} VI. p. 480.

^{page 397 note **} I. p. 222.

^{page 397 note ††} II. p. 253.

^{page 397 note ‡‡} VI. p. 478.

^{page 398 note *} II. p. 254.

^{page 398 note †} VI. p. 480.

^{page 398 note ‡} VI. p. 479.

^{page 398 note §} II. p. 254.

^{page 398 note ║} I. p. 245.

^{page 399 note *} II. p. 256.

^{page 400 note *} II. p. 258.

^{page 401 note *} VII. p. 805.

^{page 401 note †} III. p. 607.

^{page 401 note ‡} VIII. p. 382.

^{page 402 note *} II. p. 258.

^{page 403 note *} IX. p. 72.

^{page 403 note †} IV. p. 160.

^{page 403 note ‡} IX. p. 73.

^{page 404 note *} X. p. 132.

^{page 404 note †} IX. p. 72.

^{page 405 note *} XI. p. 307.

^{page 406 note *} XVIII. vol. vii. p. 388.

^{page 407 note *} This specimen was foetal.

^{page 407 note †} II. p. 259.

^{page 407 note ‡} X. p. 133.

^{page 407 note §} I. p. 249.

^{page 407 note ║} IV. pp. 157 and 169.

^{page 407 note ¶} XIII. p. 675.

^{page 408 note *} II. p. 261.

^{page 408 note †} II. p. 261.

^{page 408 note ‡} (In Zyphiorrhynchus these ducts open separately into the duodenum.)

^{page 408 note §} II. p. 261.

^{page 408 note ║} X. p. 133.

^{page 409 note *} IV. p. 163.

^{page 409 note †} II. See plate xxxiii. fig. 35.

^{page 410 note *} II. p. 263.

^{page 410 note †} I. p. 219.

^{page 410 note ‡} II. p. 263.

^{page 410 note §} I. p. 219.

^{page 410 note ║} VI. p. 480.

^{page 410 note ¶} I. p. 219.

^{page 410 note **} II. p. 251.

^{page 410 note ††} I. p. 220.

^{page 410 note ‡‡} II. plate xxxi. fig. 11.

^{page 411 note *} II. p. 252.

^{page 411 note †} I. p. 231.

^{page 411 note ‡} I. p. 231.

^{page 411 note §} XV. p. 8.

^{page 411 note ║} II. p. 252.

^{page 411 note ¶} II. p. 254.

^{page 411 note **} II.

^{page 411 note ††} I.

^{page 412 note *} II. p. 264.

^{page 412 note †} XV. p. 7.

^{page 412 note ‡} I. p. 235.

^{page 413 note *} XVI. p. 335.

^{page 413 note †} II. p. 245.

^{page 413 note ‡} V. p. 146.

^{page 413 note §} X. p. 125.

^{page 414 note *} XIX. Taf. lxxxiv.

^{page 415 note *} II. p. 263 (Globiocephalus melas).

^{page 415 note †} II. p. 263.

^{page 415 note ‡} I. pp. 237, 238.

^{page 416 note *} I. pp. 237, 238.

^{page 416 note †} XVII. p. 237.

^{page 416 note ‡} II. p. 264.

^{page 416 note §} XVIII. p. 596.

^{page 416 note ║} X. p. 129.

^{page 417 note *} XIX. Taf. lxxxiv. fig. 104.

^{page 417 note †} “ Cetacea,” p. 102, Ray Soc, 1866.

^{page 417 note ‡} XX. p. 101.

^{page 418 note *} X. p. 127.

^{page 418 note †} X. p. 127.

^{page 418 note ‡} XVII. plate viii. fig. 36.

^{page 418 note §} XXXI. vol. iv. p. 54.

^{page 418 note ║} X. p. 130.

^{page 418 note ¶} XXXIX. p. 491.

^{page 419 note *} XXXII. plate vii. figs. 1, 2, and 3.

^{page 420 note *} X. p. 129.

^{page 420 note †} XVII. p. 238.

^{page 420 note ‡} I. p. 238.

^{page 420 note §} XXIV. p. 246.

^{page 420 note ║} XX. p. 101.

^{page 420 note ¶} XVII. p. 238.

^{page 422 note *} XVII. p. 235.

^{page 422 note †} XXI. vol. iii. p. 580.

^{page 422 note ‡} XVI. p. 334.

^{page 422 note §} IV. 149.

^{page 423 note *} II. 265.

^{page 423 note †} II. P. 266.

^{page 423 note ‡} III. p. 610.

^{page 423 note §} VIII. p. 388.

^{page 423 note ║} II. p. 265.

^{page 423 note ¶} X. p. 131.

^{page 423 note **} XLI. p. 96.

^{page 423 note ††} XIV. p. 412.

^{page 423 note ‡‡} XXII. p. 107.

^{page 423 note §§} XXIII. p. 63.

^{page 423 note ║║} XIV. p, 412.

^{page 423 note ¶¶} IV. p. 164.

^{page 423 note ***} The specimens examined by both GULLIVER and JACKSON belonged to the genus Globiocephalus.

^{page 424 note *} II. p. 265; XVII. p. 236.

^{page 424 note †} XXIV. p. 245.

^{page 424 note ‡} XX. p. 103.

^{page 424 note §} XXV. p. 484.

^{page 424 note ║} XXVI. p. 139.

^{page 424 note ¶} I. p. 243.

^{page 425 note *} II. p. 266.

^{page 425 note †} III. p. 608.

^{page 426 note *} VIII. p. 380.

^{page 426 note †} IV. p. 147.

^{page 426 note ‡} XVII. p. 227.

^{page 426 note §} XLI. p. 96.

^{page 426 note ║} IV. p. 164.

^{page 426 note ¶} IX. p. 66.

^{page 426 note **} Quoted by Turner, IX. p. 66.

^{page 426 note ††} X. p. 133.

^{page 427 note *} I. p. 245.

^{page 427 note †} XVII. p. 229.

^{page 427 note ‡} XXVII.

^{page 427 note §} XXVIII. p. 104.

^{page 427 note ║} XXIX.

^{page 427 note ¶} XXX. p. 128.

^{page 428 note *} III. p. 610.

^{page 428 note †} VIII. p. 394.

^{page 428 note ‡} XXIII p. 65.

^{page 428 note §} IX. p. 75.

^{page 428 note ║} II. p. 284.

^{page 428 note ¶} I. p. 251.

^{page 429 note *} V. p. 149.

^{page 429 note †} XLI. p. 97.

^{page 429 note ‡} II. p. 285.

^{page 429 note §} XVII. p. 201.

^{page 430 note *} XVI. p. 348.

^{page 430 note †} II. see plate xxxviii. fig. 74.

^{page 430 note ‡} II. 285.

^{page 430 note §} IX. p. 76.

^{page 431 note *} IV. p. 145.

^{page 431 note †} XXII. p. 112.

^{page 431 note ‡} XVI. p. 348.

^{page 431 note §} II. p. 285.

^{page 431 note ║} XVI. p. 349.

^{page 431 note ¶} II. p. 285.

^{page 432 note *} IV. 146.

^{page 432 note †} II. p. 285.

^{page 432 note ‡} II. p. 288.

^{page 433 note *} According to Flower, the male mammary glands of cetacea were first discovered in Beluga by Pallas.—P. Z. S. i. 865.

^{page 433 note †} X. p. 122.

^{page 433 note ‡} VIII. p. 384.

^{page 433 note §} IV. p. 164.

^{page 433 note ║} V. p. 149.

^{page 434 note *} Trans. Zool. Soc., vol. vi. p. 115.

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XI.—The Anatomy of the Northern Beluga (Beluga catodon, Gray; Delphinapterus leucas, Pallas) compared with that of other Whales

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