. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum . Seals (Animals); Whales. 372 ABDITIONS AND COEBECTIONS. Species described from photographs of bones are at any rate much better established than the many of Dolphins and Whales which the French zoologists have described from figures taken when the ani- mals were swimming in the sea at a greater or less distance from the ship, which encumber our catalogues; for they are described from tangible natural bodies that can be identified when more per- fect specimens are obtained. Fig. " The back view of the mass, the atlas anchylosed t
. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum . Seals (Animals); Whales. 372 ABDITIONS AND COEBECTIONS. Species described from photographs of bones are at any rate much better established than the many of Dolphins and Whales which the French zoologists have described from figures taken when the ani- mals were swimming in the sea at a greater or less distance from the ship, which encumber our catalogues; for they are described from tangible natural bodies that can be identified when more per- fect specimens are obtained. Fig. " The back view of the mass, the atlas anchylosed to the other ; Fig. 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 order of the Trustees
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