Hector. — Notes on New Zealand Whales, 



2G3 



constriction or ascent in the lower profile, the vertical diameter decreasing 

 from 4 feet 3 inches at one foot before dorsal to 3 feet. 



Pectoral extremity, length 



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width 



Vertical diameter at point of beak 



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angle of gapo 

 blow-hole and anterior of 

 anterior of pectoral fin 

 6 feet 



eye 



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8 

 10 



12 

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99 



99 



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Width between pectoral extremities 



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Length, total 



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Skull 



Length of beak from notch 



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from anterior of blow hole 



Width at note 

 Orbital width 

 Height of occi 



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Ft. In. 



1 6 



6 



3 



10 



1 2 



2 4 



3 2 



4 3 

 2 7 

 1 8 



9 



1 1 



15 9 



2 5-5 



1 7 



1 10 



6-5 



11 



7 



Nasal septum slightly to the left side. Eight side of blow-hole has a 

 larger area for receiving the valve than the left. Nasal crest overhanging the 

 blow-hole ; height, 3 inches. Mesorostral canal solid. Intermaxillaries much 

 elevated. Seven cervical vertebrae, of which four or five are united. Ribs, 

 ten. The first rib appears to articulate by its head with the last cervical, 

 while the first seven articulate both with the lateral processes and with the 

 centrum ; the last three with the tips of the lateral processes alone. 



Dorsal vertebrse, ten ; pre-lumbar vertebrse, twelve ; the posterior of the 

 eleventh carrying the first chevron bone. Post-lumbar 



vertebrse 



developed chevron process. 



vertebrse 



first three 



which have short lateral processes 

 Total number of vertebrse 



Cervical 



Dorsal 

 Lumbar 



Caudal 



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7 

 10 

 15 

 16 



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