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the white extending slightly above the constriction of the 
beak. The under jaw and throat milk-white, which colour 
extended along the belly, but became less clear as it 
approached the vent. Its dimensions were as follows :— 
Feet. Inches, 
Total length from snout to cleft of tail... 9 0 
[Brerevord cle) Mes2) 0\: aire ee ee Seen enon nro 0 ite 
HeemeDn Or Weal cis. 6.) o.</dacte ge sence denen ae 0 z 
Length of under jaw beyond the upper.. 0 OF 
enetn arom snout LOleye i ss-cs- i 13 
Length from snout to blow-hole ......... 1 3 
To commencement of dorsal fluke ...... Go kt 
Rogendsoncdorsalmulke seco ener eae 5 6 
Op PAGO male... eesepieuace sear aaataeaestneae if 9 
readibla tn aaah on. one seca hee sce eet oee er 2 5 
Deflection of cleft of tail from a line 
Gray: DSlween 165, LIPS ct. eee ogee: 0 63 
Girth In dront-of pectoral fine ...x.ca. ss a. ial 
Garth in tront, of dorsal fluke. 5.3. 2.25:e< 5 0 
Garth Jbehind doraal fluke, ..2mcs..ce-- 4 3 
The body became much attenuated towards the tail. 
Immediately in front of the dorsal fluke, the vertical and 
transverse diameters were nearly the same, the former 
being thirty-one and a half inches, and the latter thirty 
and a half inches. Half way between the end of the fluke 
and the commencement of the tail the vertical diameter is 
thirteen inches, and the transverse six and three-quarters ; 
and immediately before the commencement of it, the 
vertical diameter was four and a half inches, and the 
transverse two and a quarter, or exactly one half. The 
dorsal fluke measured twenty-four inches along its con- 
vexity, and was eleven inches high. The pectoral fin at 
its junction with the trunk was seven inches across, and 
its greatest length (diagonal) nineteen inches; measured 
