1- MEGAPTERA. BAL^ENOPTERA. 



l>. Megaptera umlnsn l>i-Ili<-t>x<i Cope. 



Megaptcra luniosa bellicosa Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., xn, 1870, 

 p. 103. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 41, pis. ix, x, xi. Zool. Ser. 

 FIGHTING BALE EX WHALE. 



Type locality. Vicinity of St. Bartholomew's Island, West Indies. 

 Gcogr. Distr. Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic. 



34. Megaptera versabilis Cope. 



Megaptcra I'crsdbilis Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1869, 

 1>. 15. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, 

 p. 10. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., 

 iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 41. Zool. Ser. 

 MOBILE BALEEX WHALE. 



Type locality. Northwestern coast of North America. 

 Geogr. Distr. North Pacific Ocean to Alaska. 



Subfamily II. Baleenopterinae. Finback Whales. 



Genus 18. Bahviioptcra. 



Balasnoptera Lacep., Hist. Nat. Cet., 1804, pp. xxxvi-xxxvn, 

 114-141, pis. iv figs, i, 2, v fig. i, vi-vin. Type Bal&noptera 

 gibbar Desmoulins. 



Physalus Lacep., Hist. Nat. Cet., Ordres, Genres et Especes, 1804, 

 pp. XL, 219-226. 



Cetoptera Rafin., Analyse Nat., Adden., 1815, p. 219. 



Beuciicnia Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1864, p. 211, figs. 16, 17. 



Sibbaldus! Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1864, p. 222. 



SibbalJins Flower, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1864, p. 391. 



Cii'.'icrins Gray, Cat. Seals and Whales, 1866, pp. 114, 164; 1871, 



P- 54- 

 *. \gaphelns Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1868, p. 223. 



35. Balzenoptera acuto-rostrata Lace"pede. 



i <ii-itlt>-n>striitit Lacep., Hist. Nat. Ce"t., xn, i, '1803-4, 

 I-. i<;7, pi. 8. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 

 1901, p. ii, fig. 3. Zool. Ser. 



W/;/.';- Kimx, Jour. Inst., 1834, p. 336. 

 il>lH>xits Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1869, 

 p. 15. (ncc Erxl.) Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. .M. 

 Pub., n, Kjoi , ]i. 1 1. Zool. Ser. 



>' Tnn-, Smith. ('<>ntr Kimwlcil^-, xxxm, 1904, p. 105 



