] 50 Mr. W. Thompson on the occurrence of 



of the great tusks^ with some of the marl in which they were 

 imbedded. 



You will consider this as a mere sketchy intended to give a 

 general idea of the condition of the two most perfect specimens 

 of Mastodon giganteus. At a future period I shall endeavour to 

 give a more detailed account of them^ accompanied by the best 

 representations I am able to procm'e. As my object is the pro- 

 motion of science^ and as the one in my possession is unquestion- 

 ably the most perfect, if not the largest known specimen of Mas- 

 todon giganteus J I shall be quite ready to answer any inquiries 

 which you or other scientific gentlemen may propose. I shall 

 also be glad to exhibit the skeleton to any such gentlemen who 

 happening to be in this country may have a desire to examine it. 

 The other skeleton will also, I apprehend, be placed in a situation 

 where it can be examined by those interested in comparative ana- 

 tomy and palaeontology. 



I remain, my dear Sir, with great respect, your friend, &c., 



John C. Warren. 

 Professor Owen, Royal College of Surgeons, London. 



XXII. — Notice of a Bottle-nosed Whale, Hyperoodon Butzkopf, 

 Lacep., obtained in Belfast Bay in October 1845. By William 

 Thompson, President Nat. Hist, and Philosophical Society of 

 Belfast. 



[With a Plate.] 



In a paper published in the ^Annals ^ for February 1840 (vol. iv. 

 p. 375) I noticed seven Hyperoodons — the first of which had 

 previously been most fully described by Dr. Jacob of Dublin — 

 as having been obtained on a limited portion of the coast of Ire- 

 land, comprised in less than the northern half of the eastern line 

 of coast, or merely from the bay of Belfast to that of Dublin in- 

 clusive. An eighth — about 24 feet in length — examined by Dr. 

 G. J. Allman, was obtained at the island of Ireland^s Eye, on the 

 Dublin coast, on the 30th of October 1842. I have now to re- 

 cord the occurrence of a ninth individual procured within the 

 same range of coast. Its capture was thus noticed in one of the 

 Belfast newspapers — the Banner of Ulster — on Friday Oct. 31, 

 1845 :— 



^' A Whale in Belfast Lough. — On the morning of Wednesday 

 last [29th Oct. 1845] the services of the Coast Guard stationed 

 at Cultra Point were called into active requisition by the appear- 

 ance of — not a smuggler — but something 'very like a whale,' 

 ploughing the waters a few hundred yards from the pier. * * H> 



