2. KUIUL.ilNA. 97 



front. The head is two-fifths of the entire length ; the pectoral fin 

 large, pointed. — Temm. 



Iklrena Sieboldii, Gray, Ann. S,- Mag. N. H. 1864, xiv. .349. 



BaL-ena australis, Temm. Fauna Japan, t. 28 & 29 



Balffiiia Japonica, r;/-«y, Zool. E. ^- T. 15, 47. t. l.'f. 2 Hjaleen) ; Cat. 



Cetac. B. M. 18o0, 17. \ ^ > 



PBaljena Japonica, Lacep.Mcm.Mm. iv.473 ; Desm.Mamm. 528, 802 • 



Fi-^chei; 8;/n. 522. 

 ? Balrena lun'ulata, Lacep. Mem. Mm. iv. 475 ; Desm. 3famm. 528, 803 : 



rt^scncr, Si/n. 522. 



Inhab. Japan, visiting the coast periodicaUy. The head is often 

 covered with barnacles (cirripedes). 



This species is only described and figured from a model, made in 

 porcolain-clay by a Japanese, under tlie inspection of a Japanese 

 whaler and M. Siobold ; but no remains of the animal were brought 

 to Europe ; so that we do not know whether it is a Euhahena or a 

 Hunterius, or if it may not be an entirely new form. 



B. Japonica and B. humJata, Lacep., are from Chinese drawin"-s 

 They differ in colour from Temminck's figure. " 



Var. ? 1. North-west ^Y]lnle, Bulcena Japonka ?, Gray, Zool 



S'''i''^?-n*'V^'' ^^- *• ^*- ^- - C^^il^en). Yar. 1. Gray, Cat. Cetac! 

 B. M. looO, 1 1 . 



a, h. Two plates of " North-west Coast Whalebone." North-west 

 coast of America. Pre^sented by Messrs. Smith and Simmonds.— 

 The specimens figured in the 'Voyage of the Erebus and Terror,' 

 p. 47. tab. 1. fig. 2. j^tf-t^u-t^x^ /:dtJi~^nLAJt^&.^fKJt-t^ /^ 



c, <L Two iilates of " North-west Coast Whalebone." North-west " 

 coast of North America. 



The baleen is nearly as long as the Greenland, varying from 7 

 to 12 feet long, and slender; but for the same length it is nearly 

 twice as thick in substance, and it gradually diminishes in thick- 

 ness towards the ends. The enamel, when the outer coat is removed 

 IS not so polished as that of the Greenland, and when cut through' 

 the central fil)res are thicker, tubular, and occupy about one-fifth to 

 one-eighth of the thickness— much more in proportion than they do 

 in the Greenland fins, and the enamel and fibre are coarser in tex- 

 ture and much more brittle. 



The fins or blades of this whalebone are generally flexuous, or 

 " not kindly," so that when cut into strips they have the defect of 

 being variously bent, and tapering towards the end, which, with 

 their bnttlc\pss, greatly reduces their value. 



Mr. Eennef^observes that " the Eight Whale, so abundant and 

 so little B|)lestecrin the northernmost waters of the Pacific, or off the 

 north-w?3f coast of America, is probably identical with the Green- 

 land species " (Whaling Voyage, ii. 229). The whalebone or baleen 

 shows it IS more allied to the Cape species, but apparently distinct 

 from it. 



•• There are tliree vertebra;, a pair of humeri, and a pair of scapulte, 

 whieli I have referred to Bnl.rna (Hisfrali.^, Desmoiilins, in the Museum' 



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