1864. ] DR. J. E. GRAY ON BRITISH CETACEA. 221 
Fig. 14. 
Second Cervical Vertebra of Physalus duguidit. 
Extreme length, measured by a cord, 253 inches; height 12 inches. 
Articulating surface: height 7 inches; width 11 inches. 
Fig. 15. 
ify 
: Wy Kilt} 
\\ \\y ae nt 
POTASH babe 
Fifth Cervical Vertebra of Physalus dugucdit. 
PuHyYSALUS DUGUIDI. (Figs. 13, 14, 15.) 
The Orkney Whale (Physalus duguidii), Heddle, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1856, 187, Mamm. t. 44 & t. 45, anat. 6 & Q. 
a Hab. Orkney (Heddle) ; cervical and part of dorsal vertebree and 
} the baleen in the British Museum. Length 50 feet. 
? The upper lateral processes of the third, fourth, and fifth cervical 
vertebrze are very slender and bent down, with two slight angular 
ridges on the outer edge ; the lower processes are much thicker and 
bent up at the end, with a broad flat lower edge near the base, which 
forms an angle at the end. The bodies of the cervical vertebrae are 
roundish oblong, rather wider below than above, about one-fourth 
the width wider than they are high. The form of the body and the 
slenderness and form of the lateral processes of the cervical vertebree 
seem to separate this species from P. antiquorum, as well as the sepa- 
