  It has been suggested that the boxy and peanut-shaped bulges found in some
edge-on galaxies are galactic bars viewed from the side. We investigate this
hypothesis by presenting emission-line spectra for a sample of 10 edge-on
galaxies that display a variety of bulge morphologies. To avoid potential
biases in the classification of this morphology, we use an objective measure of
bulge shape. Generally, bulges classified as more boxy show the more
complicated kinematics characteristic of edge-on bars, confirming the intimate
relation between the two phenomena.
