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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



have been the first {rumen), contained about half a ton of Her- 

 rings (Clupea sagax), a quantity of greenish water, possibly 

 gastric juices, some fish remains, and, lastly, discoloured sand 

 or detritus. The heads on the Herrings still had some of their 

 red colour preserved. 



The fine photo which accompanies these pages was taken on 

 our return from a trip that I made some little time subsequently. 

 One of the two harpoons having entered a few inches below the 

 right eye had doubled itself round on reaching the bones at the 

 occipital region. Note the large warts that adorn the lips ; 

 these are called hair-warts, and, according to Beddard, are of an" 

 early and rudimentary origin. The tubercles are of all sizes, a 

 large orange being the usual size of a fine one. I have dissected 

 many, and with few exceptions found these so-called hairs very 

 small, whilst many warts are without them. It would appear 

 these hairs are of no use to the Whale, and that it is only a 

 matter of -time before they will entirely disappear. 



I will now proceed to remark on some of the parasites that 

 are found upon these Whales. For the purpose of specific 

 diagnosis I sent some barnacles and a louse to the Eev. Thos. 

 K. K. Stebbing, from whom I received the following report : — 

 " The barnacle you enclose is Coronula diadema (Linn.)." Of 

 another that resembles this, but flatter, on which I made no 

 notes, he goes on to remark : " This is a probable G. balcenaris 

 (Gmelin), and there appears to be some question whether C. 

 diadema is found on these Whales. Your specimens seem to 

 settle that doubt." Attached to one of these shells was a fine 

 example of a stalked crustacean. This he names Conchoderma 

 auritum (Linn.). I found them in bunches of five, seven, and 

 nine ; the largest would not be longer than eight inches, whilst 

 the smallest only exceeded about half this measurement. Quite 

 an hour after the Whale had been hauled out of the water they 

 still spread out their antennse-like structures, attached firmly to 

 the epidermis of the pectorals and jaws chiefly ; they cannot 

 be removed without a knife. In the young stage C. diadema 

 becomes deeply rooted or embedded in the flesh, so that nothing 

 of the shell is visible. On some young Whales these parasites 

 are in hundreds, the larger ones drawing up large protuberances, 

 the scars of which remain long after they become detached ; so 



