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Family KOGIIDAE: Pigmy Sperm Whales 

 Genus KOGIA Gray 



*Kogia floweri Gill. 



Amer. Nat. 4 : 738, Feb. 1871. 

 =Kogia bfcviceps (Blainville). See True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 7:590, 1885. 



8016. Mandible and water-color sketch of entire animal (the "por- 

 trait" mentioned by T. N. Gill). Off Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. 

 1868. Collected by A. J. Grayson. 



Posterior end of mandible broken and a few teeth lacking. Water-color 

 sketch (188 by 52 mm.) in good condition. (In 1934 water-color sketch 

 could not be located.) 



Type not designated by number. In the original description it is said to 

 be based on "jaw and portrait." 



*Kogia goodei True. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 27:630 (table) and 641 (list) 1884. Nomen nudum. 

 =Kogia breviceps (Blainville). See True, Report U. S. Fish Commission, 1883: 

 pi. 8, fig. 22. 



-^^^. Cast of entire animal, and skeleton. Adult female. Spring: 

 20909 ' ^ ^ 



Lake, N. J. Received in the flesh from H. S. Howland, April 27, 



1883. Original number of cast 40. 



Cast in good condition ; in storage. 



Skeleton in good condition. 



No description of this species has been published. The name occurs 

 in the table and list cited above. Two specimens are mentioned. No. 

 i?^ , and one from Jupiter Inlet, Fla. (collected by E. M. Spencer), 

 represented by "a photograph and the lower jaw" (True, U. S. Nat Mus. 

 Bull. 27: 641,1884). 



Family ZIPHIIDAE: Beaked Whales 



Genus BERARDIUS Duvernoy 



*Berardius bairdii Stejneger. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 6 : 75, June 22, 1883. 

 20992. Skull. Immature. Stare Gavan, eastern shore of Bering 

 Island, Bering Sea, Siberia. Autumn of 1882. Collected by 

 L. Stejneger. Original number 1520. 



Skull in good condition, on exhibition. 



Type designated by the original number. 



"There is something wrong about the record of this skull. While it 

 appears correct, the measiirements do not agree with Doctor Stejneger's 

 original measurements." — F. W. True, manuscript note. 



