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iiowever, a young Pike Whale was recorded as having been killed 

 at Port Ahuriri, Hawke's Bay, in 1885. Variations occur with 

 regard to the vertebral formulae. Apparently the normal number 

 is C. 7, D. 11, L. 13, Ca. 17=48. 



Sumner, Canterbury. — Stranded 7th February, 1880. Skeleton 

 in Canterbury Museum. Described by von Haast. Yertebrse : 

 C. 7, D. 11, L. 12, Ca. 18 = 48. Ribs 11. Sternum longer than 

 broad. Pelvic bones rod-shaped, about 22 cm. long. 



Moeraki. — 1885. Skull (incomplete) in Otago Museum. 



Otago Heads. — («) Oct. 1873. Skeleton with baleen in British 

 Museum. Described by Gray as the type of Balcenoptera 

 htittoni. Measurements given by Gray (p. 451). Vertebrie : 

 C. 7, D. 12, L. 13, Ca. 16 = 48. Ribs 11. (Gray.) (b) Young 

 female cast ashore, August 1900. Exterior described by Benham 

 (1902). Larynx described by Benham (1901). Animal figured 

 by Lillie. 



Locality not stated. — Skeleton in Dominion Museum, Wel- 

 lington. Vertebrje: C. 7, D. 11, L. 13, Ca. 17 = 48. Cervicals : 

 2nd and 3rd fused by neural arch on right side ; 4th and 5th 

 separately fused by distal ends of upper lateral processes on right 

 side ; otherwise free. Atlas with short transverse processes ; 

 2nd to 5th with both upper and lower transverse processes ; 6th 

 and 7th with upper transverse processes only. The 8th caudal 

 bears the last spinous process and the last complete neural canal. 

 Ribs 11. Sternum with the length aboixt 4 mm. short of the 

 breadth ; posterior process long and of nearly even width. 

 Scapula with long acromion widening towards the distal end ; 

 coracoid thick, less than half the length of the acromion. 



Megaptera. 



Megaptera Gray, 1846, Zool. 'Erebus' & 'Terror,' Mamm. p. 16 ; 

 type Balaina longimana Rudolphi ( = 7?. nodosa Bonnaterre). 



Megaptera nodosa. 



Balcena nodosa Bonnaterre, 1789, Tabl. Encyl. Meth., Cet. p. 5 

 (New England, U.S.A.); Lillie, 1915, 'Terra Nova' Exped., 

 Zool. vol. i. pp. 87-110, pis. 1-4. Megaptera novcB zealandim 

 Gray, 1864, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 207; id. 1866, Cat. Seals 

 & Whales Brit. Mus. p. 128, fig. 20; Hector, 1873, Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst. vol. V. p. 156 ; id. 1875, 1. c. vol. vii. p. 255 ; Van Beneden 

 & Gervais, 1880, Osteogr. Cet. p. 135; Gray, 1874, Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xiii. p. 57. Megaptera lalandii Fischer, von 

 Haast, 1883, Trans. N.Z. Inst. vol. xv. p. 214; Hector, 1878, I.e. 

 vol. X. p. 335. Megaptera boops (not Linne) Oliver, 1911, Trans. 

 N.Z. Inst. vol. Ixiii. p. 536. 



The Humpback is the most common whale frequenting the New 

 Zealand seas, but no skeleton of an animal caught within this 

 area has been adequately described. A satisfactory description, 

 however, has been given by Lillie of the external and internal 



