154 ON A SKELLTON' OF A WHALE IN THE 



];il. — In tlie Iviviere du Loiip s})eeiiiKM there iw:^ preservcl 

 only a portion of tli'e atlas and one eandal vertebra wliieli is one 

 of the posterior portion of the series. 



IV. — This is a very fine and nearly complete skeleton. It 

 is well nionnted and is in the Ottawa Geological Survey 

 Museum. 



For a copy of the following account by Mr. E. Billings, I 

 am indebted to Dr. Whiteav?s. " Several months ago, Mr. 

 Charles Pool?, of Cornwall, wrote to the seerelary of the society 

 that a large skeleton, reseuddiug that of Irltfli ijusaurus, had 

 been found in the ne'ghborhood, by the men engaged in excavat- 

 ing clay for brick. In another letter he stated that Mr. T. S. 

 Scott had procured the lower jaws, and states that .Mr. Scott 

 presented the jaws to the geological museum.'' Mr. I;illings 

 then weat to Cornwall and obtained from Mr. Pcole tlie bones 

 which were in his possession. " Theje were discovered in Post- 

 pliocene clay a])Out sixteen foet lielov,- the surface. They are 

 those of a small whale closely allied to the white whale, Beluga 

 leucas, which live^ in the northern seas, and at certain seasons 

 abounds in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 1 he lower jaws are 

 nearly perfect. The skull and upper jaws are much damaged 

 and some of the part.5 lost. Thirty-five cf the vertebra^, the tAvo 

 shoulder blades, most of the ribs, and a number of small bones 

 were collected. The length of the animal wa-^ probably about 

 fifteen feet. The lower jaws have the sockets of eight teeth 

 upon the right side and seven on the left." E. Billings, Cana- 

 dian Naturalist and Quarterly Jonriml of ^cioice, vol. v., pp. 

 438-0. 



Some of the ])arts of this skeleton ai'c more perfect than in 

 any other that has been found; but taken all in all, this and 

 the best specimen in the ^lontreal museum are about equalp and 

 both rather more perfect than the Vermont specimen. How- 

 ever, each has some portions that are lacking in the others. 



As mounted in the Ottawa museum the Cornwall whale is 

 twelve feet and one inch long. The cartilages have been sup- 



