2 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



CETE. MYSTACOCETI. 



HALAENIDAE. 



3. Megaptera nodosa (Bonnaterre.) True. 



Humpback -whale ; Humpback. 



Balena nodosa Bonn., Tabl. encycl. et method, d. trois rogues 

 de la nat., cetologie, 1789, p. 5, "Nouvelle Anglp:terre." 



MeyapUra Loops (Fabricius). Van Beneden & Gervais, Oste- 

 ogr. cies Cetaces, 1880, p. 120-129, pis. x, xi, fig. 1-8. 



3Ie</upterii nersabilis Co\^e. Scamraon, Marine mammals, 1874, 

 p. 38-48, figs., pi. 7, fig. 1, pi. 8-9. 



Marine ; migratory. 

 Me. 



N. H. 



Mass. 



4. Balaenoptera acuto-rostrata Lacep^de. 



Little piked -whale ; Piked -whale ; Pike-headed 

 -whale. 



Bcdae)iop>tera acuto-rostrata Lac, Hist. nat. des Cetacees, (an 

 12) 1803-4, vol. 1, p. 197-207, pi. 8. "Aux ekvirons de la 

 RADE DE Cherbourg." 



JiaJaenoptera rostrata Fabricius. Sars, Videnskabs. selsk. for- 

 handlinger, Cliristiania, 1878, p. 15, pi. 1. 



Balaenoptera. rostrata Fabr. Carte ife Macalister, Phil, trans, 

 roy. soc. London, 1868, p. 201-261, pi. 4-7. 



Marine. 

 Mass. 



5. Balaenoptera physalus (Linn6.) True. 



Common finback -whale ; Finback. 



Balaena p>hysalus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 75. 

 "in Oceano Europaeo." 



Balaenoptera muscidus Auct. Dwight, Mem. Boston soc. nat. 

 hist., 1872, vol. 2, p. 203-280, figs., pi. 6-7. 



