28 



skull, — continued. inches. 



Width at notch 3-5 



,, at orbit ....... 6 



„ of intermaxillaiy at blow-hole . . .2-7 



,, at middle of beak . . . . . 2-5 



•Height of occiput . . . . . . .5-7 



Length of flappers . . . . . .12 



Scapula, longitudinal . . . . . .6*5 



„ transverse . . . . . . 4-5 



This specimen was harpooned outside Welliugton Harbour, and appears 

 to be the common Dolphin of the Coast. 



Lower jaws of two others. 



Three skulls of Delphinus s}x (2 ). 



4. Globiocephalus Macrorhynchus. (Gray.) 



Black- fish of South Seas. Two skulls, one showing, longitudinal section. 



One lower jaw, six cervical vertebrae. 



Four lumbar, thirteen caudal, two scapula?. 



Two hyoids. 

 Both skulls are of the same dimensions. 





inches. 



Length . . . . . . . 



. 26 



,, of nose ...... 



15 



,, of tooth series - . . . . 



. 8 



,, of a lower jaw of a different individual 



15 



Width at notch .... . 



. 11 



,, at orbit ...... 



17 



,, of intermaxillary at blow-hole 



. 7-5 



,, at middle of nose .... 



9-5 



Height at occiput ...... 



. 14 



Scapula, transverse diameter 



15 



,, longitudinal diameter 



. 12 



Hyoid arch, 11 inches wide, by 7 inches high : Sternum, 10 x 7 inches, 

 with three sternal ribs, each 7 inches long. 



First rib is 10 inches from head to tip, but is bent, with an arch of 

 5 inches. 



Atlas, axis, and three other cervicals are anchylosed. The combined 

 cervical s have a conjoined length of four inches. 



Vertical diameter of Foramen magnum, 2| inches ; conjoined length of 

 the four Lumbars, 8 inches; height, including spinous processes, 8*5 inches ; 

 caudal appendage, 16 inches, of thirteen segments, two of which are anchylosed; 



1/6 Gull, o.q 



This species is only known from two imperfect specimens in the British 

 Museum and College of Surgeons' Museum. 



Art. V. — On Seals of the genus Stenorhyncus, captured on the East 



Coast of Otago* By J. S. Webb. 



[Bead before the Wellington Philosophical Society, August 14, 1869.] 



In August, of last year, a very handsome seal was discovered on the Green 



Island beach, about a dozen miles to the southward of Otago Heads. It was 



* The seals, referred to in this paper, have, since it was written, been determined by 

 Dr. Hector as specimens of S. Leptovyx. The descriptions of S. Leptonyx, accessible to 

 the writer, were all transcripts of that given by M. F. Cuvier, from the first specimen 



