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lateral processes being 1 -829 m., the total height of the sixth is 1 -359 m., and 

 the width of its centrum -SOS m. The neural spine appears last on the' fifty- 

 fifth and the first perforated diaphophysis on the fifty-second vertebra. Por- 

 tion of each lateral jirocess, on the left side, from the seventh to fifteenth 

 lumbar inclusive, had been broken and reunited during life. One of the 

 hinder ribs also appears to have received damage, facts suggesting that the 

 animal had collided with some vessel and received somewhat extensive injury 

 thereby. Twenty-six caudals are preser\-ed, but two were certainlv lost by 

 abrasive influences or owing to the attention of sharks during the towage as 

 previously described. The first twenty caudals bear chevron bones, the 

 anterior of which is an un])aired l)one. The number of vertebrae is as follows: 

 Cervical 7, Dorsal 1.^, Lumbar I?, Caudal 26-)- 2, total 65. These are the 

 ]5recise figures rendered by Beddard C"*). 



Scapula. Judging by illustrations, the scapula is not subject to much 

 variation, though the j^rocesses may be. A S])ecimen in the Edinburgh 

 University !\fuseum has the acromion rather ■ narrow and of uniform dejith, 

 whereas in our exam])le it is deeji and markedlv expanfled, its distal extremitv 

 being almost twice the depth of the shaft. The coronoid also appears to be 

 larger, but some little allcnvance must perhaps be made for a slight difiference 

 in the photographic plane as indicated by the cur\ature of the base ; on the 

 other hand the relation between the acromion and coronoid in Turner's 

 figure C^) and mine (Plate xxvi, fig. 2) are not dissimilar. 



The principal dimensions of the scajiula are given above : the diameter of 

 the glenoid cavity is 343.x 229 mm., and the greatest length of the acromion 

 457mm. The borders of the scapula are deflected outwards so that the aspect 

 presented to the ribs is slightly convex ; it is possibly this peculiarity that has 

 deceived articulators, for in many mounted skeletons of whales the scapulae 

 will be found to be reversed, the bone of the right side appearing on the left 

 and z'ice z'ersa. 



Pelvic Bones. In the New Zealand whale the pelvic bones were repre- 

 sented by two on each side, the smaller of which are no larger than walnuts. 

 In the Australian specimen the larger pair of bones only was developed. 



Turner has also noted the absence of a rudimentary femur in a female of 

 this species. In his "Marine Mammals" this author ("') illustrates two speci- 



(14) Beddard, loc. cit., p. 147; note: the references to the signs * and + should be reversed. 



(15) Turner, loc. cit., pi, iv, scapula. 



(16) /(/. ib., p. 50. 



