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from Iceland (Saemundsson, Mammalia, in Zoology of Iceland, vol. 4, pt. 76, p. 

 30, 1939, coasts of southern Greenland, Davis Strait, and probably Baffin Bay 

 (G. M. Allen, Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 8, No. 2, p. 255, September 1916) 

 south to Cristobal Harbor, Canal Zone, Panama (Harmer, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1923, pt. 4, p. 1085, Dec. 27, 1923) ; and in eastern North Pacific from 

 St. Matthew Islands, Bering Sea (Hanna, Journ. Mamm., vol. 1, No. 3, p. 120, 

 June 19, 1920) , south at least to waters off Nicaragua (Kellogg, Ann. Rep. Smith- 

 sonian Inst., 1928, p. 487, Nov. 18, 1929) . 



Subfamily megapterinae (humpback whale) 

 Genus MEGAPTERA Gray 



1846. Mcgaptera Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, vol. 17, p. 83, February 

 1846. (Type, Megaptera longipinna Gray = Balaena longimana Rudolphi = 

 Balaena novae angliae Borowski.) 



Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski) * (humpback whale) 



1781. Balaena novae angliae Borowski, Gemeinniizzige Naturgeschichte des 



Thierreichs, . . . , vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 21. 

 1789. [Balaena] nodosa Bonnaterre, Tableau encyclopedique et methodique 



des trois regnes de la nature, Cetologie, p. 5. (Coast of New England.) 

 1884. Megaptera longimana, M. bcllicosa, and M. versabilis True, Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (App., Circ. 29) , p. 591, Nov. 29, 1884. 

 1932. Megaptera novaeangliae Kellogg, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 45, 



p. 148, Sept. 9, 1932. 

 Type Locality. — Coast of New England. Range. — In western North Atlantic 

 from north of Iceland (Saemundsson, Mammalia, in Zoology of Iceland, vol. 4, 

 pt. 76, p. 31, 1939) and Disco Bay, west Greenland (Brown, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1868, pt. 3, p. 548, March 1869), south to Bermuda, Lesser Antilles, and 

 vicinity of Trinidad Island (Kellogg, Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst., 1928, p. 474, 

 Nov. 18, 1929) ; and in eastern North Pacific from Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea 

 (Preble, North Amer. Fauna No. 46, p. 116, June 27, 1923) , south to Revillagigedo 

 Islands and Golfo de Panama (Townsend, Zoologica, New York Zool. Soc, vol. 

 19, No. 1, pi. 4, Apr. 3, 1935). 



Family Balaenidae 



Genus EUBALAENA Gray 



1864. Euhalaena Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, pt. 2, p. 201, Novem- 

 ber 1864. (Type, Balaena australis Desmoulins.) 



Eubalaena glacialis ( Borowski ) * ( right whale ) 



1781. Balaena glacialis Borowski, Gemeinniizzige Naturgeschichte des Thier- 

 reichs, . . . , vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 18. (See Kellogg, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 45, p. 147, Sept. 9, 1932.) 

 1884. Balaena biscayensis True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (App., Circ. 29), 



p. 591, Nov. 29, 1884. 

 1900. Eubalaena glacialis Kiikenthal, Fauna Arct., vol. 1, p. 207. 

 Type Locality. — North Cape, Norway. Range. — In western North Atlantic 

 from Iceland (Saemundsson, Mammalia, in Zoology of Iceland, vol. 4, pt. 76, 



