414 



BAL^NOPTERID^. 



young female, taken in the Thames in October" 1842, as 

 recorded in the "Zoologist" for 1843, p. 33: 



Ft. In. 



Entire length . - ' s .+ . . .14 8 



Length of upper jaw . . , . .2 8 



,, lower jaw '';"".' . .' '. 2 11 



,, flipper ; .. . . V -' -i. V . 2 



Breadth of tail . .- ., .., A ; . . 3 10 



Our figure is from Hunter's original plate in the 

 "Philosophical Transactions " for 1789. 



A very complete account of the anatomy of the Lesser 

 Rorqual is given by Drs. Carte and Macalister in the 

 " Philosophical Transactions" for 1868. 



