SCANDINAVIAN CETACEA. 



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left side, 16 are pairs, the 11th — 14th are missing on the left side, and the 3rd and 15th on the 

 right side. 



The bones that were not found may, from comparison with other nearly allied Balæmptene, 

 be determined as follows : — The head, except the lower jaw ; the lingual bones, except one cornu 

 anterius ; 2nd, 5th, and 7th cervical vertebræ ; 2nd, 4th, 8th, 2 of the 9th— 11th, l-2th, 14th, and 

 15th dorsal vertebræ ; 4th, 7th, 8th, and 12tli — 14th lumbosacral vertebræ; 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 

 18th, 21st — 23rd caudal vertebræ ; 13 processus spinosi inferiores ; the left scapula; the right 

 humerus ; the left lower arm-bones ; the left carpal and metacarpal bones ; the left finger-bones, 

 except the 1st; the right finger-bones, except 3; and the pelvic bones.^ 



Erom these determinations of the bones found and of those not found it is conclusive that 

 this whale had at least 15 dorsal, about 14 lumbosacral, and about 23 caudal vertebræ, thus, 

 including the 7 cervical vertebræ, about 59 or 60 vertebræ in all. 



3Ieasureinents. 



Approximate length of skeleton 



Length of lower jaw .... 



Height of „ at condylus 



„ „ „ processus coronoideus 



,, „ at the middle 



Width of atlas across processus transversi . 

 Length of corpus of atlas 



„ processus transversi of atlas 

 Height of „ ,, . . 



Length of corpus of 3rd cervical vertebra . 

 Width of 



Distance between the points of the lower rami of ditto 

 Length of corpus of 1st dorsal vertebra 

 Width 



Distance between the points of processus transversi of ditto 

 Length of corpus of the supposed 13th dorsal vertebra 

 Width 



Height behind of corpus „ „ 



Length of processus transversi of the supposed 13th dorsal vertebra 



„ „ spinosus , „ 



Length of corpus of the supposed 5th lumbosacral vertebra 

 Width 

 Height „ „ ,, ,, behind 



45' 



—50' 



8' 



3" 



1' 



5" 





11 





lOi' 



1' 



5i 





sr 





3" 





4,!" 





Si" 





8f' 



2' 







3| 





9 



1 



7^ 





7' 





9^ 





7" 



1' 



3" 



1' 



1' 



^ This statement of the bones "not found," differs also somevfhat from the one made in the 

 report referred to. This is a consequence of the corrected determination of the bones that were 

 found. 



^ I have stated, in the report referred to, tlie approximate length to be 44' — 45'. It seems, after 

 comparison with the 30' long skeleton of Balcenoptera laticeps in Bergen, and the skeleton of a young 

 B. musculus in Copenhagen, that the length cannot be estimated at less than 45' — 50', although it has 

 a comparatively shorter head. 



