_'" BAL^ENOPTERA. PHYSETER. 



Bahcuoptera pliysaliis Elliot, Syn. X. Am. Mamm.. F. C. M. 



Pub., n, 1901, p. 13. Zool. Ser. 

 NORTHERN FINBACK \\'HALE. 



Type locality. Unknown. Atlantic coast of Europe. 



Geogr. Distr. Arctic and Atlantic Oceans; Mediterranean Sea. 

 On North American coast from Greenland to New Jersey. 



39. Balienoptera borealis (Lesson). 



Baltzna borealis Less., Hist. Nat. Get., 1828, p. 342. 



Bahcnoptera borealis Elliot, Syn. X. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 



n, 1901, p. 13. Zool. Ser. 

 LESSON'S FINBACK WHALE. 



Type locality, - ? 



Geogr. Distr. Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans; Mediterranean 

 Sea. 



40. Balanoptera musculus (Linnaeus). 



BaUcna )iiitsculiis Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, p. 106. 

 BalcBiia physalns Pall., Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., 1830, p. 289. 

 Physalits (Rorqnalus} sibbaldii Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1847, p. 92. 

 Sibbaldins tectirostris'Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1869, 



p. 17. 

 Bal&twptera innscnlits Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., n, 1901, p. 13. Zool. Ser. 

 BLUE FINBACK WHALE. 



Type locality. Coast of Yorkshire, England. 

 Geogr. Distr. Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans. 



41. Balzenoptera sulfurea (Cope). 



Sibbaldins snljnrens Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1869, 



p. 20. 



Bcihenaptera sulftireci Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 n, IQOI, ]>. 14. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. *.V W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 43. Zool. Ser. 

 YBLLOW-BELLIED FIN-HACK \YH.\LE. 



Type locality. Northwest coast of North America. 

 Distr. North Pacific Ocean to Bering Sea. 



Family II. I'll.VM'torilla*. S|M'im \\li.ih-x 



Subfamily I. Physeterinae. 

 Genus IQ. IMi> s>l<>r. 



I'hyseter Linn., Syst. Xat., I, 1758, p. 76; i, 1766, p. 107. Type 

 Physetcr ma, roccplialns LiniKeus. 



