THE MAMMALIA OF DORSETSHIRE. ^^ 



Zoological Society " under the name of BalcBiioptera hoops. The 

 specimen was 41 feet long, black above and white below, the 

 upper surface of the flippers black, and the baleen bluish -black 

 and yellowish-white. The number of the vertebras was 60, of 

 the ribs 14 pair, the first being double-headed. Unfortunately, 

 the skeleton, which was preserved, has been lost sight of. 



Genus HYPEROODON. 



Common Beaked Whale, Hyperoddoji rostratus. 



A male specimen was taken off Abbotsbury in August, 1846. 

 A female had been seen previously. See Dorset County Chronicle 

 of September 3rd, 1846. 



