150 Mr. W. Thompson on the occurrence of 
of the great tusks, with some of the marl in which they were 
imbedded. 
You will consider this as a mere sketch, intended to give a 
general idea of the condition of the two most perfect specimens 
of Mastodon giganteus. At afature period I shall endeavour to 
give a more detailed account of them, accompanied by the best 
representations I am able to procure. As my object is the pro- 
motion of science, and as the one in my possession is unquestion- 
ably the most perfect, if not the largest known specimen of Mas- 
todon giganteus, I shall be quite ready to answer any inquiries 
which you or other scientific gentlemen may propose. I shall 
also be glad to exhibit the skeleton to any such gentlemen who 
happening to be in this country may have a desire to examine it. 
The other skeleton will also, I apprehend, be placed in a situation 
where it can be examined by those interested in comparative ana- 
tomy and palzontoldgy. 
I remain, my dear Sir, with great respect, your friend, &c., 
Joun C. WARREN. 
Professor Owen, Royal College of Surgeons, London, . 
XXIT.—Notice oft a Botile-nosed Whale, Uyperoodon Butzkopf, 
Lacep., obtained in Belfast Bay in October 1845. By Witi1aM 
Tompson, President Nat. Hist. and Philosophical Society of 
Belfast. 
[With a Plate.] _ 
In a paper published in the ‘ Annals’ for February 1840 (vol. iv. 
p- 375) I noticed seven Hyperoodons—the first of which had 
previously been most fully described by Dr. Jacob of Dublin— 
as having been obtained on a limited portion of the coast of Ire- 
land, comprised in less than the northern half of the eastern line 
of coast, or merely from the bay of Belfast to that of Dublin in- 
clusive. An eighth—about 24 feet in length—examined by Dr. 
G. J. Allman, was obtained at the island of Ireland’s Eye, on the 
Dublin coast, on the 30th of October 1842. I have now to re- 
cord the occurrence of a ninth individual procured within the 
same range of coast. Its capture was thus noticed in one of the 
Belfast newspapers—the Banner of Ulster—on Friday Oct. 31, 
1845 :— 
“ A Whale in Belfast Lough.—On the morning of Wednesday 
last [29th Oct. 1845] the services of the Coast Guard stationed 
at Cultra Point were called into active requisition by the appear- 
ance of—not a smuggler—but something ‘very like a whale,’ 
ploughing the waters a few hundred yards from the pier. * * * 
