Mr. G. Gulliver on Belphinus melas. 



• ^ ^ ft. in. 



From the snout to beginning of dorsal fin ... . 4 11 

 From the end of the base of the dorsal fin to 



the end of the middle of the tail 8 6 



From snout to vent 10 4 



From snout to the orifice of the vagina 10 



From snout to the mammary slits 10 



From point of lower jaw to the navel 6 



From the eye to the angle of the mouth 4| 



}j., The eye above a line drawn from the base of the » 



h upper jaw along centre of the sides of the body 3 f ^^^ 



fj,;,. From the knob of the snout to the upper lip . . 10 .;>. X 



r^f! : Length of the mammary slit 'Sjf- ,if 



|.j,, Transverse distance from mammary slit to ori- 



,^r fice of the vagina 4 



, Dorsal fin at its base 2 6 



Dorsal fin over its convexity 3 



,j(, Height of dorsal fin ■ .,} ^,.^ ^ 



^.. Length of pectoral fin ; S^^.lin^u^^y 



^j,'/ Breadth of base of pectoral fin .^ 's,-^ V5ri4»»ij' Tii)ii',P ],t)i9b[Ui2i. 

 -?i^ .Length of opening of eyehd . . .t. . . . .^/:..., -^ ^4^ yi\%uvjHiik 



,l)a(fi^iameter of eyeball ^-tmS^ Imli'idir 



b9r:.l)Piameter of cornea ..,,,., -..x.Mfifli o»^ivj:^ii?,m: 



aooii-it^^S^^ of crown of tooth -^nC*)*. tkwimTOftb ItttI j^b 



"^^ ' Measurements of a Fcefus.'^'l'i^'f^t^'^''^ 



^jj^,^^.,X|ength from snout to the end of the middle of ,,^^yj 



: the tail 4 S-tynr 



Girth, excluding back fin 2 5|- 



From centre of snout to opposite the base of the 



pectoral fin I 



Snout to beginning of the back fin 2 



From the upper lip to the blowhole 



From point of lower jaw to navel 7^ ' 



From point of lower jaw to vagina 2 |i 



From the eye to the centre of the snout 



Length of base of back fin 8 



Height of back fin 3 



Length of pectoral fin 1 1^ 



Breadth of base of pectoral fin 3^ 



Length of intestines 30 



Anatomy. — Through the kindness of Mr. Brabazon, the excellent 

 surgeon of Downpatrick, I had an opportunity of examining the foetus 

 of which the measurements have just been given. As the dissectioii 

 was suddenly stopped, the details are imperfect, though accurate as 

 far as they go. The skin was of a dark leaden colour, and the 

 blubber on the sides of the body about half an inch thick. There 

 were soft fringes or processes of the gums, corresponding in situatioa 

 Und immber to the coming teeth. 

 The thymus of moderate size, at the usual situation in the chest, 



