. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. ATLANTIC RIGHT-WHAIE. 387 CETACEA. BAL^NIDM. {MYSTACOCETI.). ATLANTIC RIGHT-WHALE. Balcena biscayensis (Eschricht). oific Character.—Uniform black. Head not more than one-fourth of the entire length. Angle of mouth depressed below the eyes; baleen short. Bttlana biscayensis, Esohbioht. Sarde of the French, Nm-dkaper of the Dutch, Sletbag of the Icelanders. In our last article we have pointed out the difficulties which have arisen from the confusion of the two northern species of Right-Whale, and have expressed the opinion that
. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. ATLANTIC RIGHT-WHAIE. 387 CETACEA. BAL^NIDM. {MYSTACOCETI.). ATLANTIC RIGHT-WHALE. Balcena biscayensis (Eschricht). oific Character.—Uniform black. Head not more than one-fourth of the entire length. Angle of mouth depressed below the eyes; baleen short. Bttlana biscayensis, Esohbioht. Sarde of the French, Nm-dkaper of the Dutch, Sletbag of the Icelanders. In our last article we have pointed out the difficulties which have arisen from the confusion of the two northern species of Right-Whale, and have expressed the opinion that the specimens which have occurred in British waters probably belonged to this—the more southern species. Be this as it may, there can be no doubt that the Atlantic Right-Whale was at one time a visitor to our coasts. We shall show that it was regularly pursued in the Channel in the middle ages, and the cervical vertebrae of a Whale, dredged up at Lyme Regis, in 1860, and now in the British Museum, are referred to this species by MM. Van Beneden and Gervais, but are made the type of a new species—Macleayius brittanicus—by Dr. Gray. It is to the laborious researches of Professors Eschricht and Reinhardt, of Copenhagen, that we are indebted for the elucidation of the two northern species of Balcena. These gentlemen published the result of their investiga-. 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 Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880; Tomes, Robert F; Alston, Edward Richard, 1845-1881. London, J. Van Voorst
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