. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British museum. Supplement. Seals (Animals); Whales. 40 BALJSNIDiE. high; the upper edge thin, and inflexed the greater part of its length, erect in front; the lower edge inflexed in front, the rest of Figs. 1 & 2. Side view and top view of the skull of Neohakena marginata, from Dr. Hector's figures. the edge being simple. The baleen elongate, slender, several times as long as broad, with a fringe of a single series of fine fibres; ena- melled surface smooth and polished, thick. 1. Neobalffina marginata. Balsena marginata, Gray, Cat. Seal
. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British museum. Supplement. Seals (Animals); Whales. 40 BALJSNIDiE. high; the upper edge thin, and inflexed the greater part of its length, erect in front; the lower edge inflexed in front, the rest of Figs. 1 & 2. Side view and top view of the skull of Neohakena marginata, from Dr. Hector's figures. the edge being simple. The baleen elongate, slender, several times as long as broad, with a fringe of a single series of fine fibres; ena- melled surface smooth and polished, thick. 1. Neobalffina marginata. Balsena marginata, Gray, Cat. Seals %â Whales Srit. Mm. p. 90; Hec- tor, Proo, &â Trans, of the New-Zealarid Institute, 1869, t. 2 b. f. 1-4; Am. SfMag. Nat. Hist. 1870, v. p. 221, and vi. p. 155, figs. 1 & 2. Inhab. New Zealand; Island of Kawau {Sw Q. Orey). Mus. Wellington. In width and general form the beak of the skull is somewhat like the beak of some of the Finner Whales; but it does not at all justify Mr. Knox's idea that Balama marginata is a Finner. But this difference of skull makes us more anxious to have the descrip-. 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, The Trustees
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