110 CETACEA. 
a. Skull and teeth. “ike ee 
6. Skull, bad state. From Dr. Mantell’s Collection. —__, 
In the Zoology of the Erebus and Terror, tab. 10, is a copy 
of a most accurate drawing, by Mr. R. Templeton, %s a ope Dn 
caught on the south of Ireland, in November 1828. The fo low- 
ing are its measurements :— ; 
ft. in. lin, 
Kenpth, entire)... 28in,. 002 ae bad vies io! 
got) SEVOR, sn ala he oo eal ee ] yw 
Fe | RS aR San eR ay = AC 
sa.) PCChOTEl 2 055 10, le eyieatak 1 oe. 3 
» end of the pectoral ...... 2.0 2g 
ss. rent of the dorsal... 15: 3 a ae 
» end of the dorsal........ 4 er oe 
we  geaiealloroee cS yn ee ea 5° oa 
os ,, WO. RBG VONE Lae ss bees 5°. Oga 
Slt, WO MORO OPaOle sch cam oe 1 Oana 
»  toend of middle of tail .. 7 6 O 
yp ° %0 end of tank-fiw y.). ys. 8 fs 
There is some difficulty about the colour of this species, which - 
may arise from two being confounded under one name. Bonna-— 
terre, Montague and Wright describe it as black above and 
whitish beneath; O. Fabricius as all blackish, the belly a little 
whiter and the young paler; Schlegel figures it of a uniform 
deep black colour. 
The following are the measurements of five skulls, the first 
being Montague’s specimen in the British Museum, and four in— 
the College of Surgeons; the fourth is No. 1126, and the fifth — 
No. 1125 of the College Catalogue :— 
in. in. in in. In 
Length, entire ......... y5 21 21 
ie OEMONR id. 365 113 12 12 ]1z 12.4 
haat teeth hme <i.5 sack 3 10 10 43% | 
0) OL LOWEF Jaw... 500 182 182 ey: 
Width at notch ........ 52 5 z 52 
SN gg ey or 102 saa 102 102 
» at middle of beak ... oF 4 
In the skull of Montague’s specimen, in the British Museum, 
the 4th and 10th teeth from the front on each side appear by the 
hole to have been larger than the rest. We have a second im- 
perfect skull of the same measurement. 
The skull of the skeleton presented by Mr. Howship, in Mus. 
Coll. Surg. (n. 1125), taken below the Nore, in June 1828, has the" 
teeth 23,the two hinder upper without any opposite them; ‘the 4 th, 
5th and 6th upper are largest, the middle lower are truncated ; 
