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MIt. 1>. (J. LIl.LIi; l)N TIIIC AXATOMV 



[May 24, 



li. PllVSETEll MACKUCEl'HALUS Liun.l'US *, 



Two male. Sperm \\'liales were captiueil (luriii<,' myvisif. Their 

 •leiiiMal appea ranee (•(trrespondeil with the tleseri{)tiuii.s of previous 

 ol)servers. But, as tliere seems to he a little uncertainty eoncern- 

 iwg the sliape of the head of this whale, a sketch is given (text- 

 lig. 7H) of the form of the head in the Jnnishkca specimens. 



The u]iper part of the animal was Mack, the venti-al sinface and 

 lower jaw a light hluish giey. A white oval patch occurred in 

 the mitldle of the ventral surface, extcjiding fiom a point just Jn 

 front of the navel to the anus. 



Text-fiir. 7H. 



Vii'w dt'tliL' left side ot tlic ftcail of I'lij/xctcv inacroccphni Hs Liim;i'iis. 



On the surface of the head of one of the specimens, on the left 

 side immediately over the position of the nasal bone of tlie skull, 

 there was a small groove-like depression about two inches deep 

 and five inches long. This slit was placed longitudinally and in 

 a straight line with the ))low-hole. It may possibly have been a 

 vestige of an old nasal opening whicli was situated further back 

 than the present position of the blow-hole. 



One of these whales had '24 teeth on each side of the lower jaw. 

 Six of those on the right and eight on the left side Avere broken. 

 No sign of teeth could be found in the upper jaw. 



Tl e alimentary canals of the two Hju-rm Whales contained the 

 remains of cuttlelish, and the nurrks of their horny denticulate 

 suckers could be seen all over the surface of the lower jaw and 

 extending more than hnlf-way up the head of each whale, from 

 its antciior cxtreniity to the paddles. The marks of the suckers 

 vai iid t'lom faintly ilotted circular im[)rints, formed by the slight 



• l'niliH)>ly syiinnyiiions with 1'. ealmlon Kiibricius ; P. qihhnsns Scliri'lior ; 

 P. trumim iivvnyii; I', /xi/i/clj/x/iis Cowch ; Cntodoii OKstralis Mai'I^'Hy; C.colneti 

 limy ; /'. pnlj/ci/j>fiits (iimy and (iiiiiiiiiiil. 



