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Transactions. — Zoology. 







Ft. In. 



2nd vertebra, width of centrum 





9 



8th „ length of centrum across lateral processes ... 



3 



„ neural canal height 



. 



7 



„ „ width 



. ... 



4 



14th „ width across lateral processes 



. 



3 6 



„ length of centrum 



. 



8 



„ height of neural spine 



. 



2 4 



22nd ,, length of centrum 



. 



10 



„ total height ... 



. 



2 4 



43rd „ length of centrum 



. 



11 



„ total height ... 





2 5 



„ height of neural spine 



. 



1 2 



Scapula, length ... 



. 



3 



„ width ... 



... 



5 



„ acromion 





1 3 



„ coracoid 



... 



7-6 



„ glenoid cavity diameter 





1 3 





Width. 



Length. 





In. 



Ft. In. 



1st rib ... 



... 6 



5 



2nd „ ... 



... 7 



8 



^^ \X jy t 9 • ••• ■•• • • • 



... 7 



9 



4th „ ... 



... 6 



9 6 



5th „ ... 



... 5 



11 



lotii ,, . . . ... ... ... 



... 4 



6 6 



Humerus — length ... 





1 10 



Radius and ulna 





2 9 



Manus ... 





2 



Width at elbow joint 





1 6 



Sternum — height ... ... 





1 10 



„ width 





1 10 



Baleen (largest plate) width ... 





10-5 



„ „ length ... 





21-0 



Baleen coarse, with strong white bristles ; light slate grey with vei-tical 

 bands of black, some blades nearly white, yellowish-white, and i^olishcd towards 

 the angle of the mouth with a hard enamelled surface. 



ORCA PACIFICA, Gray. 



The skull of the grampus, or more properly the ''killer" mentioned by Mr. 

 Purdie in Trans. N. Z. Inst., V., p. 435, and presented to the Otago Museum 

 by Captain Fraser has been forwarded to mo for examination, and proves to 

 have the characters that distinguish the above species as described by Dr. 



