414 



BAL^NOPTERID^. 



young female, taken in the Thames in October 1842, as 

 recorded in the " Zoologist" for 1843, p. 33:— 



Entire length 



Length of upper jaw 

 ,, lower jaw 



, , flipper 



Breadth of tail . 



Our figure is from Hunter's original plate in the 

 "Philosophical Transactions "for 1789. 



A very complete account of the anatomy of the Lesser 

 Rorqual is given hj Drs. Carte and Macalister in the 

 " Philosophical Transactions" for 1868. 



