Identifier: transactionsproc71874newz (find matches)
Title: Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: New Zealand Institute (Wellington, N.Z
Subjects: Science Birds
Publisher: Wellington : J. Hughes, Printer
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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5 0 „ acromion 1 3 „ coracoid ... 0 7-6 „ glenoid cavity diameter 1 3 Width. Length. In. Ft. In. 1st rib ... ... 6 5 0 2nd „ ... ... 7 8 0 ^^ \X jy t 9 • ••• ■•• • • • ... 7 9 0 4th „ ... ... 6 9 6 5th „ ... ... 5 11 0 lotii ,, ... ... ... ... ... 4 6 6 Humerus—length ... 1 10 Radius and ulna 2 9 Manus ... 2 0 Width at elbow joint 1 6 Sternum—height ... ... 1 10 „ width 1 10 Baleen (largest plate) width ... 10-5 „ „ length ... 21-0 Baleen coarse, with strong white bristles; light slate grey with vei-ticalbands of black, some blades nearly white, yellowish-white, and i^olishcd towardsthe angle of the mouth with a hard enamelled surface. ORCA PACIFICA, Gray. The skull of the grampus, or more properly the killer mentioned by Mr.Purdie in Trans. N. Z. Inst., V., p. 435, and presented to the Otago Museumby Captain Fraser has been forwarded to mo for examination, and proves tohave the characters that distinguish the above species as described by Dr.
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1^ Is. ^ <o ^ ^ Ci ^ K =t; Q; ^ ?^ o ^ ^ i- k ^ <:b ^ =1:: X ^ <i ki ^ ^^ o ■^ ^ ^ ^ <o ^ ^ 1 ^•^ N^ Hector.—Notes on New Zealand Whales. 261 Gray in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 1870, p. 76. It, however, agrees well with the figure of Orca capensis given in the Yoyage of the Erebus and Terror. A reduced drawing of this specimen is given in plate XYI., fig. 2, its dimensions being as follows :— Inches. Length ... ... ... ... ... ... 30- Length of nose ... ... ... ... ... 15- „ tooth series ... ... ... ... 12-5 „ lower jaw ... ... ... ... 24 Width at notch ... ... ... ... ... 8-5 „ orbit ... ... ... ... ... 15* Extreme width—postzygomatic ... ... ... 17* Width at middle of beak ... ... ... ... 8-3 „ of intermaxillaries ... ... ,.. ... 3*3 Height of crest from occipital foramen ... ... ... 10* A lower jaw of this same species is among the specimens from the Auckland Museum which have been submitted for determination, GLOBIOCBPHALUS MACRORHYNCH

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