158 ON A SKKLETOX OF A WHALE IN TI!E 



IX. — A fcnv boaes consisting of the liyoid, sterniini, nearly 

 complete, severnl ]ilialimges and ?()nie fragments of ribs were 

 found by Mr. iMward Ardslov at AVilliamstown, ()ntari(j, in 

 1IH»1. Tin's lind is especially iiihM-cstinu' as iiiviiig tbe only 

 phalanges we have in the fossil skelerons. 



X. — In lh(.' -aiiie days in which ihe conqjletc sk<'l('ton was 

 discovei'eil at Smith's brickyard, ^Montreal, a nnnd)er of bones of 

 a yonng individual were found. There are ten vertel^ra', appar- 

 ently nidstly caudal-;, ihnugh some are Innibars. In all, the 

 a})<)])hyscs arc --cjjaraied from the centra of the vertebra", but 

 were secured witli ihe rest. 



All tlic bones ar(^ -mall, the largest cent rum being one and 

 tlire(>-fourrhs inch in diameier. The l)ones indicate an 

 immature animal, but inoi'c than half gro\vn. Hesides the ver- 

 tebra^ there ai'e Hvc; ])arts of ribs and ])^irtions of the cranium. 



XI. — Alost of tlu^ sknll an<l a nnmber of vei"l(d)r;e found at 

 Pakenham, Ontai'io. Xot j)laced in a mnsenni, but ])resmnably 

 in the jxissession of .Mr. Patri(d< Cannun, of I'akenham. Of 

 this Dr. W'hitcaves widres in the (Jllaira Naturalist, vol. x.\, 

 ])p. 21Ti'l(5, as follow-^: '• On the hfth of September, llJOG, a 

 skeleton, which is ()l)vious]\- that of a \'ery young individual of 

 Avhite whale, was found by .Mr. Pati'i(dc Cannon while digging 

 a well on hi« farm at Pakeidiani, ()ntario. , . . This 

 skeleton ^vas ■ indiediled in bine (day, fourtt'cn feet bcdow the 

 surface, and only a portion vvas dug out. i/i digiiing tlu; well, 

 i<ome dei^th of (da_\ wa- first bored tlirongh, then a ndxtnre of 

 clav ami shells, in whicdi the sk(deton was found, was stmudc, 

 and the exca\ati(in ended in bine (day. The l)ones that have 

 been e.xhunied -o far ccnisist of ;i nenidy perfect skull, with only 

 a few of the teeth missing, and one (d' the tympanic bones with 

 most of the cervical vertebra' and three id' the doi'sals with some 

 of their e])ii)hyse<. A])art from the o])vious immaturity, this 

 Pakenham -hull and the vertehrfc immediately adjoining 



