Order iv. Cetacea, Cetaceans. 



Family I. Balseiiidae. Baleen Whales. 



Subfamily I. Balseninse. 

 Genus 15. 



Balaena Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 75; i, 1766, p. 105. Type 



Baltzna mysticetus Linnaeus. 

 Leiobalasna Eschr., K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrifter, Naturv. 



Math. Afd. Kjobenh., 5te Raekke, i, 1849, p. 108; Unters. Nord. 



Wallth., 1849, p. 7. 



Eubal&na Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1864, p. 201. 

 Hunterus Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., xiv, 1864, p. 349. 

 Hnnterius Gray, Cat. Seals and Whales, 1866, p. 98. 

 Macleayius Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1864, p. 589, figs, i, 2. Id. Cat. 



Seals and Whales, 1866, p. 78. 



28. Balaena glacialis Bonnaterre. 



Balasna glacialis Bonn., Tab. Encycl. Method, des trois Regnes de 

 la Nature, Cetol., 1789, p. 3. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 

 F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, p. 8, fig. 2. Id. Mamm. Middle 

 Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 39, 

 fig. 10. Zool. Ser. 



Balazna biscayensis Eschr., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me Ser., 1860, p. 229. 



Eubal&na australis Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1864, p. 202. 



Balfsna cisarctica Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1865, pp. 

 168-169. 



Balcsna britannicus Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th Ser., 1870, 

 p. 200. 



Bal&na australis var. biscayensis Lydekk., Brit. Mamm., 1895, 



p. 260. 

 ICE BALEEN WHALE. 



Type locality. Coast of Maryland. 



Geogr. Distr. North Atlantic Ocean, south to Maryland on 

 American coast. 



29. Balasna sieboldii Gray. 



Baleen a sieboldii Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., 1864, p. 349. 

 Baltzna antarctica Schleg., Abh. Geb., 1841, p. 37. (Part.) 

 Bal&na australis Temm., Faun. Japon., Mamm., 1842, pis. 28, 29. 

 (nee Desmoul.) 



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