Occvrrcncr of flic Bottlc-Noscd or Bcalccd Whale. 35 



Its lieiglit was 12| inclies, and the antero-posteiior diametor 

 at the base was 18 inches. The anterior border of the base 

 of the dorsal fin was 8 feet 7 inches in front of the middle of 

 the tail, and 13 feet 5 inches behind the tip of the upper jaw. 

 The lobes of the tail were attenuated at the tips, which pro- 

 jected further back than the middle of the tail, so that the 

 outline from tip to tip was concave. But there was no 

 median notch on the posterior border, w^hich, indeed, was 

 slightly convex at and immediately on each side of the 

 middle of this border. The breadth of the tail from tip to 

 tip was 5 feet 7 inches. 



The flipper was remarkably small for so large an animal. 

 Its length was 2 feet 5 inches, and its antero-posterior 

 diameter at the base was 8h inches. The anterior border of 

 its base was 5 feet 5 inches from the tip of the lower jaw. 

 The anterior border was slightly convex in its whole length. 

 The posterior border was thin, at first almost straight, and 

 then curved rapidly forward to the point or tip. 



The blowhole on the top of the liead was transverse, with 

 the two ends a little bent forwards, so that it was slightly 



Fig. 2. 



Three-quarter face view of the head, the 



body being foreshortened. 



concave in front. Its transverse diameter was 5 inches, and 

 it was not divided on the surface into two nares. Its dis- 



