414 



BALiENOPTERID^. 



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

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



Entire length 

 Length of upper jaw 



,, lower jaw 



„ flipper 



Breadth of tail . 



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. 





