BALi*ENOPTERA. 19 



Bal&nopteraMondiniCa.pell.,Mem.Aca.d.Bologn.,i8']'j, vn, pi. 1-4. 

 SHARP-NOSED FINBACK WHALE. 

 Type locality. -? 



Geogr. Distr. North Atlantic, Davis Straits. 



36. Balaenoptera davidsoni Scammon. 



Balanoptera davidsoni Scamm., Proc. Calif. Acad. Scien., iv, 1872, 

 p. 269. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, 

 p. 12. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 42, pis. xn, xin, xiv. Zool. 

 Ser. 

 DAVIDSON'S FINBACK WHALE. 



Type locality. Admiralty Inlet, coast of Washington, North 

 Pacific Ocean. 



Geogr. Distr. West coast of North America, Mexico to Bering Sea. 



37. Balasnoptera velifera Cope. 



Bal&noptera velifera Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1869, 

 p. 16. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, 

 p. 12. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

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

 PACIFIC FINBACK WHALE. 



Type locality. Shores of Oregon and California. 

 Geogr. Distr. North Pacific Ocean; coasts of California and 

 Oregon; Commander Islands. 



it. Balcenoptera i-elifera copei Elliot. 



Balcenoptera borealis Dall, in Scammon Mar. Mamm. N. W. Amer., 



1874, p. 303, fig. p. 37. (nee Lesson.) 

 Bal&uoptera velifera copei Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



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

 COPE'S FINBACK WHALE. 



Type locality. Shumagin Islands, Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Northern Seas and about the Aleutian Islands. 



38. Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus). 



Balcsna physalus Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1766, p. 106. 



Balcsna boops Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1766, p. 106. 



Balcenoptera roqual Lacep., Hist. Nat. Cet., 1803-4, pp. 37, 126, 



t. i, fig. 3. 

 Physalus duguidii Heddle, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1856, p. 187. Gray, 



Proc. Zool. Soc., 1864, p. 221. 

 Pterobalazna communis Van Ben., Bull. Acad. Brux., ire Ser., i, 



1857, p. 403. 

 Benedenia knoxii Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1864, p. 212. 



