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ADDITIONS AND COEEECTIONS. 



14 inches long and 11 inches wide, but somewhat more curved on 

 the outer than on the inner side. 



The bladebone is 6 feet broad from before backward, and 3 feet 

 high from the glenoid cavity to the upper margin. The acromion is 



I foot 7g, inches long and 7| inches broad. The eoracoid process is 



II inches long and 5 inches broad. The acromion is 7 inches broad 

 in the middle, and 9 inches at the end, before the curved margin. 



Fig. 87. 



After generic description of BALiENOPTERA, (at page 188) 

 add: — 



Subgenus 1. The lower lateral processes of the third to the seventh cervical 

 vertebrcB with an angular projection on the lower edges. Fabricia. 



At the end of remarks on Balsenoptera rostrata, (at p. 194) add : — 



Subgenus 2. The lower lateral processes of the third to the m^h cervical ver- 

 tebra slender, regularly ciirved, without any prominent angle on the 

 lower edges. Swinhoia. 



2. BalsBUoptera Swiuhoei. 



Inhab. sea near Formosa. 



a. Part of the skeleton, viz. : — Upper maxillary bone, left side (the 

 upper surface is 6 feet 6 inches, under edge of the same bone 

 7 feet 8 inches) ; three cervical vertebrae ; eight dorsal vertebrse. 



