BAL^NOPTERA. 35 



[Nos. 6 to 9 were presented by Sir John Struthers, and 

 were described by him in Journ. of Anat. and Phys., 

 vol. vii, 1872 ; vol. xxix., 1895, pp. 147, 593.] 



(j. Vertebrae, seven cervical and 1st dorsal ; bones not fused 

 together. 

 Animal stranded near Wick, June 1869. 



7. Vertebrae, axis and four succeeding cervicals, neural 



arches ossified, transverse processes incomplete ; 

 probably a young B. iniisculus. 



8. Sternum, flattened cruciform bone ; transverse diameter 



2 feet, antero-posterior 1 foot 5^ inches. 

 From a Fin Whale caught in Davis Strait. 



9. Fore limb, articulated skeleton of right, adult male ; 



length of humerus 21} inches, of radius 3 feet, of 

 ulna 3 feet 2 inches. 



[Nos. 10 to 15 are from the collection formed by 

 Professor Sir Wm. Turner.] 



lu. Baleen plate from Rorqual, 60 feet long, stranded at 

 Sandvoe, Northmaven, Shetland, November 1887. 

 In colour, form, and dimensions characteristic of 

 B. iniisculiis. See No. 3. 



Donor — Dr Chas. Anderson. 



11. Baleen plate from Finner, 64 feet long, stranded at 



Whale Rock, Kingask, St Andrews Bay, in January 

 1848. Colour mottled, yellow, slate-coloured, brown 

 and black, striped ; bristles stiff, white grey. Length 

 26 inches ; greatest width 7f inches. 



Donor — R. Jameson, Esq., of Kingask. 



12. Baleen plates from a specimen captured at Harris, in the 



Hebrides, November 1905. Average length 27 inches, 

 greatest width 11 inches. Most of the plates have 

 the customary mottled, striped appearance of B. iimt^- 

 culus ; but one is yellowish white, striped with 

 grey ; in all the bristles are white. 



Donor — Dr Duncan Fletcher. 



13. Baleen plate of Rorqual, stranded at Quendale, Shetland, 



November 1879. Length 25^ inches, width 13^ inches; 

 colour mottled as in this species, though somewhat 

 darker than usual. Donor — G. H. Wildert, Esq. 



14. Baleen plates, two in number, from specimen from 



Stornoway, November 1871. Colour, form and 

 dimensions characteristic of B. mitsculus. 



