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The breadth of the pectoral fin, as shown by the skeleton, was 5f inches. 

 The photograph, which is reproduced in PI. 41, fig. 4, gives a good idea of 

 the general form of the animal. 



HISTORY OF THE BARNEG.\T CITY, NEW JERSEY, SPECIMEN. 



Of the Barnegat City specimen. No. 20971, the Museum has the complete 

 skeleton, together with a cast of one-half of the entire animal, and another of the 

 head, and some measurements, all of whicli were obtained by Mr. William Palmer 

 and myself October 3, 1883. The Museum received notice of the stranding of this 

 specimen from Capt. J. H. Ridgway, of the United States life-saving station at 

 Barnegat City. It was an adult female, 19 feet 4 inches long in a straight line. 

 The complete measurements, taken in straight lines with a rod and cord, are as 

 follows : 



External dinensions of Ziphius cavirostri.i, female, Cat. No. 20971, U.S.N.M., Barnegat City, Neiv Jersey. 



(Measured in straight lines with rope and bar.) 



Fl. in. 



Totallength 19 4 



Tip of snout to eyes 2 1 



Tip of snout to blowhole 2 



Tip of Bnout to anterior base of pectoral fin 3 10^ 



Tip of snout to anterior base of dorsal fin 12 



Tip of snout to anterior angle of vent 12 3J 



Tip of snout to corner of mouth llj 



Length of anterior margin of pectoral fin 2 IJ 



Length along center of pectoral fin 1 7 



Greatest breadth across pectoral fin 6 J 



Length of anterior margin of dorsal fin 1 6 



Length of base of dorsal fin 1 



Vertical height of dorsal fin 1 



Breadth of flukes from tip to tip 5 5 



Antero-posterior length of flukes 1 7 



Length of eye 2 



Breadth of eye 1 



Girth around eyes 3 IJ 



Girth at anterior margin of dorsal fin 7 OJ 



Girth at root of pectoral fins 6 OJ 



Breadth of lower jaw at middle of length 4^ 



Breadth of upper jaw at middle of length 5 



Breadth of blowhole 5 



Distance from posterior angle of eye to ear 4J 



I neglected to make a full description of the color, but noted that it was stone 

 gray, lighter above and darker below; snout nearly white. The cast, which was 

 painted from a sketch made at Barnegat City and from pieces of skin brought to 

 Washington, bears out this note in general, but with modifications. The color 

 of the body as a whole is gray tinged with dull yellowish. The gray is darker on 

 the back than on the belly, but ou the latter is a large area of dark brown, reaching 

 from near the pectoral fins to and beyond the anus, and halfway up on the sides. 

 On this dark area are several large oval whitish blotches, some two inches in 



