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mentary on the 9tli. The processus transversi are on all directed forwards and doVnwards, and are 

 on the anterior wide, with the point obliquely rounded, and with the fore edge concave at the 

 base. There is on the 6th — 8th vertebrae a perforation from above downwards, through the base 

 of these processes. The last three are without processus transversi, which are very small on those 

 next preceding. The articulating surfaces for the processus spinosi inferiores are but little deve- 

 loped on the two foremost, and their corpus is transversely concave on the lower side. There 

 are also signs of a longitudinal concavity, though its borders are hardly perceptible. 



The sternum is of considerable thickness, is convex on the lower side and concave on the 

 upper, is of a very simple form, and resembles most that of B. mysticetas, that is, one of the 

 forms of this which I have seen at the museum in Copenhagen. It is, as will be seen from the 

 measurements, longer than wide, of an oval form, and has the anterior part or manubrium 

 rounded, and with a shallow concavity in the right edge near the point. The hinder end is ob- 

 tusely pointed, and the lateral edges of the corpus are convex, and have an uneven, somewhat 

 projecting, thinner convexity about the middle. The bone is now of a considerable hardness and 

 firmness, but the thick and porous edges denote that it has been surrounded by cartilage. This 

 bone also shows that it is a Balæna. 



The ribs are different in form from those of any other whale that I have seen. B. laticeps 

 approaches it nearer than any, but they are much larger and wider than in this. The anterior 

 ones are strongly curved, and indicate thereby a broad and thick form of body. One of these, the 

 shortest, is 3' |" long along the curve on the outer side, but has the lower end incomplete, and 

 shows, at its upper end, a great similarity with the 2nd pair of ribs of the skeleton of a young 

 B. mysticeius in Copenhagen. 1'his end is strongly bent, compressed, and almost suddenly 

 truncated at the point. The other anterior ones have the upper end, which is the most curved, 

 strongly compressed, rather thin, uneven and obliquely truncated, and with an indication of a 

 collum on the longer of the two, the size of which is stated in the table ; they are much 

 thicker at the middle, and wider towards the lower end, particularly the shorter ones, which 

 probably are the 2nd and 8rd pairs, but retain, even there, a considerable thickness, so that their 

 section is oblong-oval. The section is oval of those that are not quite so wide at the lower end ; 

 they are not tapering at the extreme lower end, but are almost suddenly truncated, with a some- 

 what convex and porous area in the middle of the end. There are some rather conspicuous 

 longitudinal shallow furrows on the surface near this, particularly on the inner side. The number 

 of pieces of which the three ribs are fitted together are three for each. This form deviates consider- 

 ably from that of B. mysticeius, in which they are comparatively thin and flat at the lower end, 

 and, with the exception of the first two pairs, somewhat tapering. Neither have these any longi- 

 tudinal furrows. The ribs seem large in comparison with the other parts of the skeleton. The 

 posterior ribs were apparently somewhat rounded above the luiddle. The upper end of one ot 

 the hinder ribs is not so strongly bent inwards, and is somewhat flattened ; the longest piece, 3' ' 

 long, as stated, belonged to a rib much longer than the longest of the three that are cemented 

 together, and it is probably this piece that Moræus mentions as being a broken piece of a shin- 

 bone, and as reaching him almost to the navel. Even Svedenborg speaks of these bones as 

 " legs" or " shin-bones ;" but he does this in a humorous way, which seems to indicate that he 

 ridicules this first determination. 



The scapula is one of the bones of the greatest importance for the determination of this 

 whale. We find at once, from its measurements, that it has not the form of tlie scapula of any 



