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all have two teeth in the lower jaw, hidden in the gums. In the 

 ' Zoology of the Erebus and Terror,' t. 3. figs. 4 & 5, is a represen- 

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

 from a drawing kindly communicated by E.. Ball, Esq. 



Ey the kindness of Mr. S. Stutchbury 1 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 species, from a drawing 

 made by Mr. W. H. Baily of a specimen taken at Aust Passage, 

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

 are as follows : — • n. • 



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 over the eyes to centre of blowhole .... 8 9 



Girth at highest part of head 6 (5 



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 



Width 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 6 



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 Holylake. 

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

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

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

 regularly imbricated in rows of ten, fifteen, or twenty together. 

 Another captured at the Little Moel, 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 snout 20 inches, from tip of 

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

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

 66 inches broad and 24 inches long. The dorsal fin about 10 or 1 1 feet 

 from the tail. The vent to the tail 7 feet 6 inches. Orifice of urethra 

 to anal opening 22 inches. Length of the snout 15 inches. The 



