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all have two teeth in tlic lower j.iw, liiddeii in the guras. In the 

 ' Zoology of the Erebus and Terror,' t. 3. tigs, -i it 5, is a represen- 

 tation of one of the skulls of this species in the Dublin Museum, 

 from a drawing Idndly communicated by R. Ball, Esq. 



By the kindness of ilr. S. Stutchbury I was enabled, in the 

 'Zoology of the Erebus and Terror,' t. 3. f. 1 (animal), f. 2 (tail), 

 f. 3 (blowers), to give a new figure of this sj^ecies, from a drawing- 

 made by ilr. W. H. Bailj- of a specimen taken at Aust Passage, 

 Oct. 1840. The measurements, on the drawing taken at the time, 



are as follows : — i?. • 



ft. m. 



Length, entire, along the back 22 2 



Length, entire, in straight line 21 



Girth on widest part 12 6 



Girth of part posterior to vertical fins 11 2 



Girth 0%-er the eyes to centre of blowhole .... 8 'J 



Girth at highest part of head (> (i 



Girth at base of tail 2 11 



Length of upper part of upper jaw 1 1 



Length of lower jaw 1 8 



Length of upper part of lower jaw 1 9 



Length of lower jaw to eye 3 3 



Length from tip of lower jaw to anterior part 



of flipper 5 3 



Length of flipper 2 3 



Wid'th of flipper 8 



Length from anterior part of flipper to vent . . 8 

 Length from end of tail to anterior part of 



dorsal fin 9 8 



Length from end of tail to posterior part of 



dorsal fin 7 



Breadth of dorsal fin 1 G 



Length of dorsal fin 1 2 



Breadth of tail 6 4 



Depth of tail 1 8 



Length of orifice of vent 1 8 



The skeleton of this specimen is preserved in the Bristol Institution. 



One stranded upon East Hoyle Bank, 1850; cut up at Hohdakc. 

 The blubber yielded 140 gallons of oil. Stomach contained a great 

 number of the hornj" beaks of some species of cuttle. In this in- 

 stance the beaks were inserted one within another, so as to ride 

 regularlj- imbricated in rows of ten, fifteen, or twenty together. 

 Another captured at the Little iloel, 1852. August 25, 1853, a 

 male was stranded upon East Hoyle Bank : length 21 feet ; from 

 angle of the mouth to the tip of the siiout 20 inches, from tip of 

 snout to the eye 42 inches, e)-e to spiracle 27 inches (I!). The pec- 

 toral fins were 21 inches long and 9 inches broad. Tail or propeller 

 (it) inches broad and 24 inches long. The dorsal fin about 10 or 1 1 feet 

 from tlie tail. The vent to the tail 7 feet G inches. Orifice of urethra 

 to anal opening 22 inches, l^ngtli of tlie snout 15 inches. The 



