230 DR. J. E. GRAY ON BRITISH CETACEA. [May 24, 
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genus or species any bone that might be shown to him belongs, even 
if it were only a phalange or a rib. 
The ear-bones of each genus, as far as I have been able to examine, 
seem to afford very good characters; but, unfortunately, they are 
often sent to the Museum separate from the skull and other bones 
of the animal to which they belong. 
Skeletons of whales are shown in museums and gardens, without 
any large and expensive building; indeed slight special buildings 
are best, permitting more ventilation. In Paris, the whale’s skeleton 
is exhibited under a glass roof in the quadrangle of the Museum ; 
at Antwerp, it is shown in a building formed of galvanized iron ; and 
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