BAL^NOPTERA. 10 



BahBnoptera Mondini Capell.,Mem. Acad. Bologn., 1877, vii, pi. 1-4. 

 Sharp-nosed Finback Whale. 



Type locality. ? 



Geogr. Distr. North Atlantic, Davis Straits. 



36. Balsenoptera davidsoni Scammon. 



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

 p. 269. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

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

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 42, pis. XII, XIII, 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. Balsenoptera velifera Gope. 



BaUeyioptera velifera Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1869, 

 p. 16. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

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

 F. CM. 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. 



a. Balcetioptera velifera copei Elliot. 



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



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

 Balcenoptera velifera copei Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

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

 Cope's Finback Whale. 



Type locality. Shumagin Islands, Alaska. 



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



38. Balsenoptera physalus (Linnaeus). 



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



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



Balcenoptera roqual Lac^p., 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. 

 Pterobalcsna communis Van Ben., Bull. Acad. Brux., ire Ser., 1, 



1857, p. 403. 

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



