232 PROFESSOR FLOWER ON THE RECENT ZIPHIOID WHALES. 
inches. 
Scapula.—Length of posterior border from posterior superior angle to 
posterior margin of glenoid fossa. . . . . . . . . 12 
Breadth from anterior to gp we Eien angle) a2) du otiali9:8 
Length of acromion . . . : evrche: 6 
Vertical height of acromion at ick narrowest — fae its sca) 2°8 
Vertical height at the broadest part (nmearitsend) . . . . 41 
Length of coracoid process ¥2/o.;maio bmn eaty . Hoe nmeen abe 
Length of glenoid' fossa. Siow ¥iQarcte «lle neenmelaidiee 
Breadth of glencid fossa (oS hetix]. iy ool wheats abi 
Hum erus:-—Length s)) ett erie ered eal Oo dente eds 
Breadth at lower end-%) ie:trer.erwel. ee eine el aaa as 
Radius-—Extreme length 30 eerie: Teton ies ee eh lie ew eer AGG 
Breadthiat uppervendia(#, Whe ly Gait ieitee lites ee 
Breadth atiniddle .\-.+/.» siewiqnd Hits pun svukovadse wele sander 
Breadthatilowervend. stem aigtevsh Gol oh ie Le AS 
Ulna.—Extreme length, including olecranon . . . . . 2 . . 127 
Breadth at upper part, including olecranon . . . . . . . 856 
Breadth ati nartowestipante? Psu Gel h et oul? \ die Se ae 
Breadth at lowerend . .. . quik, cnd.( 6% Bhenpemoal: 
Manus.—Length, allowing for loss of ee aaite albuid Lntiuc Hou 
Length of firstmetavarpal) alii a0. ew sale ein en ar lag 
Length of second metacarpal 4». .5 202 02 2 8) hem. 38 
Length of third ‘metacampabis. 00h gee louedgos (03) bide 
Length of fourthmetacanpal®y. 62sec. You, bo A ode To 2S 
Length of fifth metacarpal . . . . 3°2 
Pelvic Bones.—The one pelvic bone sent with the aeeillnd is very lied aia spongy 
in texture, and is apparently not completely ossified at the extremities. Its length is 
5°8 inches, and its greatest thickness 0°9 inch; it is thus small in relation to the 
general size of the skeleton, and would indicate that the animal was a female, if the 
same sexual proportions obtain in Berardius as in many other Cetaceans. It is of very 
simple form, subcylindrical, a little compressed, and with a slight bend at one third 
of the length from one end, causing a low obtuse angular prominence on one edge. 
The characters and dimensions of the bone would probably have been somewhat 
different if the age of the animal had been more advanced. 
Conclusion.—The special osteological characteristics of Berardius will be more fully 
appreciated when our knowledge of the skeletons of the other Ziphioids, especially of 
the genera Mesoplodon and Ziphius, is more perfect. We can hardly go wrong, 
however, in affirming that, as far as the structure of the skeleton is concerned, 
Berardius is a peculiar form of the group, and that it occupies one end of the series 
of which. Hyperoodon forms the other, the remaining Ziphioids being in a certain 
