68 | CETACEA. ' a 
ft. in. 
Length of lower jaw to eye .............. 3 3 
» from tip of lower jaw to anterior part 
erhpper eA ee 5 3 
a) Oa AppER’ Mas. EN Pe ee 23 
WV idtty of flipper s)..05 090. V6)... se 0 8 
Length from anterior part of flipper to vent 8 0 
» from end of tail to anterior part of ; 
dorsal fin.<s 27 SD). eae 9. 6 
»» from end of tail to posterior part of 
dorsal fi 90.5)... 5 cg eee 1% 
Dresacn of dorsal fiw so . . e - ee e 1 6 
Leneth of dorsal fin’. 2/000... 5 ee 1 2 
Breadth of tail’. eck. ce eect eee 6 4. 
Depth OF tals. ie ss oc vv ce ne vs Oe l 
Length of orifice of vent ........... Pa | ey 
The skeleton of this specimen is preserved in the Bristol In-— 
stitution. a 
The skeleton in Mus. Roy. Institution, Liverpool, has the skull - 
60 inches long, 18 inches from top of crest to palate; the mter-— 
maxillaries are convex, and distinctly to be seen to the front of © 
the blowers; orbital crest erect, scarcely as high as the process at 
the back of the blower; the nuchal vertebree anchylosed, the three — 
first into one mass, with a long conical lateral process; the dorsal 
process of the two hinder separate. 
3. Hyprroopon Doumetir. The Corsican HyPERoopON, 
Jaws paved with acute tubercles ; dorsal 3 the length from the - 
tip of the jaws: blowers lunate, with the convexity im front. 
Hyperoodon, Doumet, Bul. Soc. Cuvier. 1842, 207. t. 1. f. 2. 
Inhab. Corsica. 
“ Jaws toothless, but paved with small, long and acute tuber- 
cular granulations; lower jaw with two rather longish, acute, 
slightly arched and longitudinally grooved teeth in front ; 
with a kind of funnel at the base of the tongue, like the beak of © 
a duck, or rather of a spoonbill, 53 inches long; gape small; beak 
conical; eyes small, near middle of head; blowers lunate, with 
the points directed backwards; pectoral fin 19 inches long, 6% 
wide; dorsal nearly 8 inches high, 495 inches from the tail; the 
tail is broad, lobes equal.””—Doumet. | 
According to this description the dorsal fin of this species must 
be further back than in any other of the genus, and the pavement 
of the jaws is quite peculiar. It agrees with Dale and Baussard’s 
descriptions in the form of the blower, but differs from them 1 a 
the position of the dorsal. . 
