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being present only in the injured scapula. The scapula measures 

 41 in. long by 47^ in. in the extreme breadth. The humerus 22 in. 

 long by 15 maximum and 9^ in. minimum breadth. Of the verte- 

 brce, one is worked into a fancy chair, and is an uninjured first dor- 

 sal ; body 8| by lOf in. broad, measured posteriorly ; the lateral 

 processes 12 in. long. Another is probably the third dorsal ; and 

 the remaining one is probably the fifth dorsal, 13| by 14 in. poste- 

 riorly, and 12 in. in antero-posterior diameter : the spinal apophyses 

 of both are broken away above their alee. It will be understood that 

 I merely adjudge these to be portions of the same skeleton. 



Of two pairs of the internal ear of " The Whale," one pair is 

 likely to belong to the last noticed individual, the other pair perhaps 

 to the 30 ft. Bal^nopteea, which, however, is less probable, judging 

 from their great size. It is not likely that they appertain to the 

 same species, as one pair is nearly equal in size, while in the other 

 the left is much larger than the right. From this great inequality, 

 I am inclined to suspect that the latter pair belong to a Cachelot 

 or * Sperm Whale.' A large left internal ear, without a right to 

 match it, is probably that noticed in J. A. S. V, 374, as having been 

 presented by the late James Prinsep ; and there is even another left 

 cochlea only. On present data, I cannot veuture on attempting to 

 identify the precise species or even genera to which these specimens 

 belong. 



The Cachelots or * Sperm Whales' (Catodonlidce of Dr. Gray), I 

 humbly consider to constitute a subfamily rather of Delphinidce ; 

 especially since the discovery of that very remarkable small species, 

 the Eupiiysetes GitAii of Mr. W. S. Wall, Curator of the Austra- 

 lian museum, Sydney. That gentleman well argues the matter, in 

 his ' History and Description of a new Sperm Whale,' &c, Sydney, 

 1851 ; of which he favored me with a copy. Unless the ear-bones 

 before referred to belong to this group, we have only five teeth of 

 a * Sperm Whale,' — by whom presented I have been unable to dis- 

 cover.* 



* Mr. Folack has a curious statement regarding the ' Sperm Whale,' to which I 

 invite attention. He says--" The Cachelot is covered with an outer cuticle, as 

 transparent as ' goldbeater's skin,' beneath which it h covered with hair per- 



