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ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 



14 inches long and 11 inches -wide, 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 7g inches long and 7| inches 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. 



Fig. 87. 



After generic description of BALiENOPTERA, (at page 188) 

 add: — 



Subgenus 1. The loiver lateral 2)rocesses of the third to the sevoith cervical 

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



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



Subgenus 2. The lower lateral iwocesses of the third to the sixth cervical ver- 

 tehrce slender, regidarly curved, without any prominent angle on the 

 lower edges. Swinhoia. 



2. Balaenoptera Swinlioei. 

 Inhab. sea near Formosa. 

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

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

 7 feet 8 inches) ; three cervical vcrtebraD ; eight dorsal vertebrae, 



