. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Seals (Animals); Whales. 5. PHTSALTTS. 145 Balsena musculus, Linn. S. N. i. 106. J^alfiena borealis musciilus, Fischer, Syn. 524. Baljenoptera Rorqual, Lacep. Cet. 12G. t. 1. f. 3, Under-jawed INIysticete, SJiaio, Zool. ii. 495. 3. Fiiine Fische, Eyede, Groenl. 48, fig. 4. Fin-fisch, Mart. Spitzb. 125. t. Q. f. c, cop. Fin-backed Mysticete, Sliaio, Zool. ii. t. 227; Enc. Meth. t. 2. f. 2. Balajua Physalus, Linn. S. N. i. 100; Schreb. Sdugeth. t. 333, from Mar- tens, t. 5. f. 2. Baliena Gibbar, Desm. Mamm.


. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Seals (Animals); Whales. 5. PHTSALTTS. 145 Balsena musculus, Linn. S. N. i. 106. J^alfiena borealis musciilus, Fischer, Syn. 524. Baljenoptera Rorqual, Lacep. Cet. 12G. t. 1. f. 3, Under-jawed INIysticete, SJiaio, Zool. ii. 495. 3. Fiiine Fische, Eyede, Groenl. 48, fig. 4. Fin-fisch, Mart. Spitzb. 125. t. Q. f. c, cop. Fin-backed Mysticete, Sliaio, Zool. ii. t. 227; Enc. Meth. t. 2. f. 2. Balajua Physalus, Linn. S. N. i. 100; Schreb. Sdugeth. t. 333, from Mar- tens, t. 5. f. 2. Baliena Gibbar, Desm. Mamm. 528. Balaenoptera Gibbar, Lacep. Cet. 114. t. 1. f. 3, from Martens. Balaena edentula, &c., Ray, Syn. 5. Fin Wbale, Neill, JVern. Trans, i. (1811) 261 (^ 43 feet long). 6. Baliena sulcata, Walker, MSS. ?; Neill, Wern. Trans, i. 212 (41 feet long, Burntisland, 10th June 1761). 7. Balaena sulcata arctica, Schleycl, Verhand. Nederl. Ins. i. 1828, t. 1, 2 ; Abhandl. t. 6. f 1, 2. 8. Balajnoptera arctica, Schlegel, Ahhandl. ii. 10. t. 9 (length 40^ feet). 9. Balfenoptera sulcata, Jacob, Dublin Journ. Sci. 1825, 333, Inhab. North Sea; North Berwick, 1831 {F. J. Knox); skeleton at Zoological Gardens, Edinburgh. Coast of Hampshire, 1842 ; ske- leton at Black Gang Chine. Plymouth, 1831; skeleton in British Museum. The Hope Reach, near Gravesend, 1858 or 1859 ? ; ske- leton at Rosherville Gardens, 1864. Alloa, Frith of Forth {Neill), male. Burntisland, 10th June, 1862 ( Walher). Plymouth, 1863 (Gerrard) ; skeleton in Alexandra Park. a. Two plates of baleen. Needles, coast of Hampshire. From the skeleton at Black Gang Chine. h. Several plates of baleen united together, Greenland. From Mr. Miiller's collection. c. Skeleton, 74^ foot long. Plymouth. Fig. Atlas vertebra oi Physalus antiquorum, from Devonshire. Extreme width 26 inches; height 13 inches. In the normal state of the cervical vertebra) of this species, both the upper and lower lateral processes of all of them are develop


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