. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum . Seals (Animals); Whales. 5. PHTSALUS. 145 Balaena musculus, Linn. 8. N. i. 106. Balsena borealis moBcaixiS, Fkcher, Syn. 624. Balsenoptera Rorqual, LacSp. Cet. 126. t. 1. f. 3. Under-jawed Mysticete, Shaio, Zool. ii. 495. 3. Finne Fische, Egede, Grcml. 48, fig. 4. Fin-fisch, Mart. Spitzb. 125. t. Q. f. c, cop. Fin-backed Mysticete, Shaw, Zool. ii. t. 227; Enc. MSth. t. 2. f. 2. Balaena Physalus, Linn. S. iV. i. 106; Schreb. Sdugeth. t. 333, from Mar- tens, t. 5. f. 2. Balaena Gibbar, Desm. Mamm. 528. Balsenoptera Gibbar, LacSp. CM. 114. t
. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum . Seals (Animals); Whales. 5. PHTSALUS. 145 Balaena musculus, Linn. 8. N. i. 106. Balsena borealis moBcaixiS, Fkcher, Syn. 624. Balsenoptera Rorqual, LacSp. Cet. 126. t. 1. f. 3. Under-jawed Mysticete, Shaio, Zool. ii. 495. 3. Finne Fische, Egede, Grcml. 48, fig. 4. Fin-fisch, Mart. Spitzb. 125. t. Q. f. c, cop. Fin-backed Mysticete, Shaw, Zool. ii. t. 227; Enc. MSth. t. 2. f. 2. Balaena Physalus, Linn. S. iV. i. 106; Schreb. Sdugeth. t. 333, from Mar- tens, t. 5. f. 2. Balaena Gibbar, Desm. Mamm. 528. Balsenoptera Gibbar, LacSp. CM. 114. t. 1. f. 3, from Martens. Balaena edentula, &c., Sai/, Syn. 5. Fin Wbale, Ndll, Wem. Trans, i. (1811) 261 (cf 43 feet long). 6. Balsena sulcata. Walker, MSS. ?; NeUl, Wem. Trans, i. 212 (41 feet long, Burntisland, 10th June 1761). 7. Balaena sulcata arctica, Schlegel, Verhand. Nederl. Ins. i. 1828,,2; Abhandl. t. 6. f. 1, 2. 8. Balsenoptera arctica, Schlegel, Abhandl. ii. 10. t. 9 (length 40^ feet). 9. Balsenoptera sulcata, Jacob, JDubUn Joum. 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 RosherviUe Gardens, 1864. AUoa, Frith of Forth (Mill), male. Burntisland, 10th June, 1862 (Walker). Plymouth, 1863 (Qerrard) ; skeleton ia Alexandra Park. a. Two plates of baleen. Needles, coast of Hampshire. From the skeleton at Black Gang Chine. b. Several plates of baleen united together. Greenland. From Mr. MiiUer's collection. e. Skeleton, 74r|- feet long. Plymouth. Fia-. Atlas vertebra of Physahis antiquorum, from Devonshire. Extreme width 26 inches; height 13 inches. In the normal state of the cervical vertebrae of this species, both the upper and lower lateral processes of all of them are developed. Please note that these images are extracted from
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