THE RIGHT WHALE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC. Sil 7 
of the shaft corresponded in form with those in my specimen, the carpal cartilage was 
not mapped by him into areas, no centres of ossification were observed, though a pisiform 
cartilage was seen. Hoxper figured the manus of the New York B. civsarctica with a 
pisiform, and with eight ossific nodules, four in the proximal and four in the distal carpal 
row. It is not said if this was seen in the manus before maceration, so that possibly 
the number and arrangement may be due to the articulator. Van BENEDEN figured 
the carpus of B. australis in the Paris Museum, the radiale, intermedium and ulnare 
in the proximal row, three carpalia in the distal row which represented Ce, C3, and Cy, 
also a pisiform. In the skeleton of the so-called B. antepodarum the three bones 
of the proximal row were figured, two distal carpalia which represented C3 and Ca, also 
a pisiform. 
Escuricut and REINHARDT figured in Bb. mysticetus four carpal elements and in 
addition a pisiform. In Sir Jon STRUTHERS’S specimens* a similar arrangement was 
figured. It would seem as if three of these represented the three bones of the proximal 
row, though they varied as to the presence of ossific nodules. The fourth evidently 
belonged to the distal row, and was more especially associated with the second and third 
digits, so that it probably represented distal carpalia, ,.. 
Pretvic Bongs. 
A pair of Pelvic Bones accompanied the skeleton, and, in addition, a right bone 
from another skeleton of the same species was received from Mr Her.orson by 
the Royal Scottish Museum. Each of the paired bones was 144 inches long in a 
straight line, but it was curved, convex on the one, and concave on the other surface. 
It consisted of a central body from which a long process projected towards the spine, 
another long process was directed ventrally, whilst a third process was so short 
that it might be included in the body. The body with the short process was 
triangular in form and 4 inches broad. The ventral process, 7 inches long, was 
somewhat twisted and ended bluntly. The superior process, 6 inches long, tapered 
to its free end. On the concave surface a somewhat ovoid area, 24 by 14 inches 
in diameter, was situated immediately below the short process, it represented an 
acetabulum for articulation with the femur; though now roughened, it had at one 
time doubtless been covered by cartilage (fig. 28, A, B). The femur had, however, 
not been preserved. 
The single os pelvis from another skeleton was the right bone.+ It differed some- 
what from the above; the ventral process was 7} inches long, thicker and straighter. 
The superior process, 34 inches long, was rudimentary, slender and pointed at the free 
end. Its origin from the body was marked by a bony bar, which seemed as if a 
fracture, subsequently united, might have occurred in early life. The concave surface 
of the body with its short process had an area 3 inches by 14 inch which resembled 
* Journ. Anat. and Phys., vol. xxix., 1895. 
+ This specimen has been presented to the University Anatomical Museum. 
