ordtr i\ . Getacea. 



Fam. I. Balaenidae. 



F. W. True. On tin- nomenilature of the whalebone wliales of the 

 tenth edition of Linnieiis, Systema, .Vatune. Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Miis., i8g8, p. 617. 



Teeth absent in both jaws; present in f(jetal life; palate furnished 

 with "whalebone." Rami of mandible greatl)' arched outwards, meet- 

 ing at an angle at ape.x, there connected by fibrous tissues. Skull 

 symmetrical. Ribs joined to the vertebrae usually by ligaments; first 

 pair alone joined to the sternum. Nasals roofing the anterior nasal 

 passages. 



.1. Balueiia. 



Balaena. Linn. Syst. Nat . 1766, i, p. 105. Type. B mystuetus. 



Linn. 

 Leiobahena. Eschr. Nord. Wallth , 1849, p. 7. 

 EubalcBna. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. , 1864, p. 201. 

 Hunterius. Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1864, xiv, p. 349. Id. 



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



Fie. 2. Balaena GLACiALis. — Baleen. 

 From ■' The Riverside Natural Historv." 



