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ABDITIONS ANB CORRECTIONS. 



14 inches long and 11 inches mde, but somewhat more curved on 

 the outer than on the inner side. 



The bladebone is 6 feet broad from before backward, and 3 feet 

 high from the glenoid cavity to the upper margin. The acromion is 



I foot 7| inches long and 7| iaches broad. The coracoid process is 



II inches long and 5 inches broad. The acromion is 7 inches broad 

 in the middle, and 9 inches at the end, before the curved margin. 



Fiff. 87. 



After generic description of BAL.aENOPTEE,A, (at page 188) 

 add: — 



Subgenus 1. The lower lateral processes of the third to the seventh cervical 

 vertebree with an angular projection on the lower edges. Fabricia. 



At the end of remarks on Balaenoptera rostrata, (at p. 194) add : — 



Subgenus 2. TJie lower lateral processes of the third to the sixth cervical ver- 

 tebree slender, regidarly curved, withoid any prominent angle on the 

 lower edges. Swinhoia. 



2. Balaenoptera Swinhoei. 



Inhab. sea near Formosa. 

 a. Part of the skeleton, viz. : — Upper maxillaiy bone, left side (the 

 upper surface is 6 feet 6 inches, under edge of the same bone 

 7 feet 8 inches) ; three cervical vertebrae ; eight dorsal vertebrae. 



