. Catalogue of seals and whales in the ... Museum. 390 ADDITIONS AND CORBECTIONS. "The three hinder vertebrae have no distinct lower lateral processes; their place is only marked by three slight ridges on the lower edge of the hinder side of the mass. The upper lateral processes of the hinder cervical vertebra? are small, slender, forming a strap-like sec- tion, rather tapeiing towards and truncated at the tips on the side of the apertui'es for the passage of the nerves for the neural canal. The neural canal is rather large, oblong transverse, the height being about two-thirds of the widt
. Catalogue of seals and whales in the ... Museum. 390 ADDITIONS AND CORBECTIONS. "The three hinder vertebrae have no distinct lower lateral processes; their place is only marked by three slight ridges on the lower edge of the hinder side of the mass. The upper lateral processes of the hinder cervical vertebra? are small, slender, forming a strap-like sec- tion, rather tapeiing towards and truncated at the tips on the side of the apertui'es for the passage of the nerves for the neural canal. The neural canal is rather large, oblong transverse, the height being about two-thirds of the width ; it is rather larger and higher behind. Fig. Side \'iew of the hinder side of the cervical vertebrEe of Mcganeuron Krefftii? or Catodon ausfralis. " The hinder surface of the body of the last cervical vertebra is oblong transverse, about two-thirds of the height of its width at the widest part; the lower edge is rounded and rather angularly pro- duced in the centre, and the upper margin transverse, with a slight central depression; the surface is concave, with a central, linear, perpendicular ;—Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, 440-442. Page 210, add to characters of Section II.:— T7ie pecfnra? fin elongate, suhfalcafe. T7ie cavity on the croiim of the head sitmdcd hdckirard, fornii'd hi/ the niaJiHaries, and divided as it were into two equ(d parts by a central bong ridge, which is more or less twisted towards the right side of the head. Physeterina. The larger-headed genus Physeter has only been found in the northern, and the shorter-headed genera Kogia and Euphysetes in the southern 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. Department of Zoology. [Mammals]; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. London
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