in the Colonial Museum^ Wellington, New Zealand. 221 



2. ArctocejJialus leonina (Oturia leonina, Crr^y, ihid- p. 59). 

 Stuffed .skin. 



Common fur-seal of the west coast. 



[It is very desirable that a skull of tlie fur-seal of New 

 Zealand should be observed. It can hardly be Otaria leonina^ 

 which has only been found on the coast of South America, 

 is a hair-seal, and has very little or no under-fur. — J. E. G.] 



Get ACE A. 

 1. Balctna marginata, Gray, ibid. p. 90. 

 Skull and baleen. 



From the description given at page 90 of the British- 

 Museum '■ Catalogue of Seals and Whales,' there is no doubt 

 that the baleen corresponds with the above species. The 

 specimen was obtained at Kawau Island by Sir George Grey, 

 and appears to be unique, as the species has hitherto only 

 been known from the baleen. 



The dimensions are as follows : — 



Weight of cranium 58 lbs. 



„ lower jaw 13 „ 



ft. in. 



Length 4 9 



Front nasal section 2 10 



To centre of orbit 3 10 



Width at orbit 2 5 



„ mastoid process 2 7 



in. lin. 



Lower jaw, high 3 11 



Depth (greatest) 8 



Baleen 29 inches long, 34 inches in extreme width. 

 Black margin from 5 to g inch. 



Knox now admits that this is not the Sulphur-bottom, which 

 he says is the Trigger of the New-Zealand whalers. He 

 fancies that B. marginata may be the true Finner of the south. 

 I will try to find some more of the bones. I enclose a co])y 

 of Knox's description of the Trigger-whale, from a paper in 

 course of publication. 



[This whale, from the form and structure of the whalebone, 

 cannot be a Finner, but is certainly, as I arranged it, a time 

 Right Whale, very nearly allied to the Right Whale of Green- 

 land, and of a very small size. The bones of this whale would 

 be a most valuable addition to the British Museum or any 

 zoological museum. They appear not to be uncommon in 

 the Kawau Islands ; and the measurements of the skull are a 

 valuable addition to our knowledge of the species. 



This small Right Whale of the Antarctic Sea is the repre- 



