. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Seals (Animals); Whales. ADDITIONS AND COKRECTIONS. 389 Catodon lately received by the lloyal College of Surgeons, -which I hoi)e will shortly be described by Mr. Flower, the energetic Curator of their Museum, who, in his late jiaper on the Balcenidce, has shown how well he can describe and determine the species of ;— Grai/, P. Z. S. 1865, 439. Mr. Krefft seems to have changed his mind on this subject; for in a letter just received, containing further remarks on these photo- graphs, and some ad
. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Seals (Animals); Whales. ADDITIONS AND COKRECTIONS. 389 Catodon lately received by the lloyal College of Surgeons, -which I hoi)e will shortly be described by Mr. Flower, the energetic Curator of their Museum, who, in his late jiaper on the Balcenidce, has shown how well he can describe and determine the species of ;— Grai/, P. Z. S. 1865, 439. Mr. Krefft seems to have changed his mind on this subject; for in a letter just received, containing further remarks on these photo- graphs, and some additional ones, he names the mass of vertebroD as belonging to Catodoyi australis. Meganeuron Krefftii? " The second and other cervical vertebrae are all united together into one mass, anchylosed by their bodies, lateral processes, and neural arches. The nem-al arches form a triangular mass, which is strongly keeled on the central line; and the keel is stronger and produced into an acuie point at the hinder end (figs. 96, 97). Catodon (Meganeuron) Ivi-efftii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, 440. Flo-. Hind view of cervical vertebrae of Meganeuron Kreffiii ? or Catodon australis. " The lateral processes of the second, third, and fourth vertebrae are produced and united into a broad, thick, angular process, which is expanded at the side, giving the united mass a rhombic appearance, the width of the side being about one-fourth more than the height of the mass. " There is a tubercle, which is most probably the end of the lower lateral process of one of the anterior cervical vertebrae, at the lower part of the hinder side of the front lateral Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. London : Printed by O
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