338 Prof. J. Reinhardt on the Lin- Whale 
TABLE (continued). 
Breadth in 
Length. |the narrow- 
est place. 
Third finger— 
Metpearpal ( aisjacd ans sieeve wie bo 13 day 
Bimst phalame. 5 i... seh bie ete, pair qigt 25 
ECOG tar pha hyesen iain ec. sient 72 23 
AGG Beet a aatocien Giner -ele 4 27, 
ourtly 5 Sa set gie's oe Us Ghote ieee = if 
MGGI es ytar etd Pong ame esters hy 51 5 
SENET ogee ete a puaisetele ts Oe ewe os aaa 
Fourth finger— 
Metacar pall yak se. t es ceo ore ; 92 23 
Birst phalanx eos. Sek 83 2 
BPcomd fh ke ah. Varct Ah NE 7 14 
ATL ISS gid ita e laces hivvhaetioass 5 11 
PGUTGIP, lc ate. wiste es Skike 23 3 
ENO) a ee cee ere pel Reese ? ? 
PriocU ae ctr a. Fadtaisec ye. crete fieiso> ? 2 
Fifth finger— 
Miptacanpaly sic vs). ibs as-is Sia 64 23 
BGs, PO ALR oho) ods oon te. eve is 6 13 
GCOMM Eat Beatle oi wreendte wena oF 13 
Tae ey eens one ree ? i 
From these statements it appears that the hand of the 
“'Tunnolik”’? may quite as well have belonged to a B. Stbbaldit 
as to B. gigas, for a single phalanx more or less in a finger is 
of no great importance in the whales; and if it be further 
considered that the colour of the “ 'Tunnolik,” as described 
by Mller in the account sent to Eschricht, as well as the 
place occupied by the dorsal fin, according to his statement, 
seem to be much more characteristic of Balenoptera Sibbaldit 
(as we now know it) than of the Ostend whale, it will certainly 
be admitted that there are good reasons for referring the 
“Tunnolik ”’ to the former, and not to the latter species. It 
must be allowed that the description given by Eschricht of the 
dorsal fin of his ‘ Tunnolik,” according to which it should be 
only 4 inches high, and placed upon a thick knob (“ Fod- 
stykke,” base of the fin, as it is called by Eschricht), is not 
in accordance with what we know of this fin in B. Sibbaldit ; 
but it agrees no better with that of the Ostend whale, nor, in- 
deed, with the dorsal fin of any known fin-whale. To me 
this strange form appears rather to have been a monstrosity ; 
and it is to be regretted that Eschricht has not accompanied 
