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144 BALJENOPTERID^. 



* The upper and lower lateral processes of the third, fourth, Jiff h, and sixth 

 duJ cervical vm-tebrcB elongate, united, formimj a ring ; the bodies of the cer- 



viJC^ ^ vical vertebra oblong, transverse, much wider than high, the upper and 

 ' ■ lower edge nearly straight; the lateral process of the second cervical 

 elcngated. Ribs 14 . 14. 



1. Physalus antiquorum. Tlie Razorhack. 

 Slate-grey, beneath whitish. Baleen slate-coloured ; under edge 

 blackish, inner edge pale streaked. 



Razorhack of the whalers. " B. Physalus, Linn. B. Gibbar, Lacepr — 



Scoresby, Arct. Reg. i. 479. 

 f Balsena maximus borealis, Knox, Cat. Prep. l-iHiale. 

 I Great Northern Rorqual {Knox), Jardine, Nat. Lib. t. 6 (skeleton). 

 (r—Fhysalus antiquonmi, Graf/, P. Z. S. 1847, 96 ; Cat. Cetac. 38 ; P. Z. S. 

 \ 1864, 216. f. 9-12 ; Hecldle, P. Z. S. 1855, 195, fig. verteb. bad. 

 Rorqual de la Mediterranee, Lacep. t. 5. f. 1; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. v. 



370. t. 26. f. 5. 

 Baleena, Shaw, Zool. 3Iisc. t. 720, from Lacep. t. 5. f. 1. 

 Balnena antiquorum, Fischer, Syn. 525 (from Cuvier). 

 BalaBHoptera antiquorum, Gray, Zool. E. Sf T. 50. 

 Bahena Physalus, Turton, B. F. 15; Jenyns,Man. 47; Nilsson, Skand. 



Fauna, 636. 

 Balsenoptera Boops (part.), Fleming, B. A. 31 ; Jenyns, Man. 47. 

 Balsena musculus, Turton, B. F. 16 ; Jenyns, Man. 47 ; Mahngren, 



Arch. Nat. 1864, 97. 

 Balsenoptera musculus, Fleming, Brit. Anim. 30 ; F. Cuv. Cetac. 335 ; 



Fschr. SfReinh. Om Nordhv. t. 3. f. 2 (skull), t. 4. f. 6; Lilljeborg, 



I. c. 42 ; Mahngren, Arch. Nat. 1864, 94. 

 Balsenoptera acuto-rostrata, Scoresby, Arct. Reg. i. 485. t. 13. f. 2. 

 Balsenoptera Boops, Bell, B. Quad. 520. f. 1. 

 Balsenoptera Physalus, Schleg. de Diere^i, 101. t. 20. 

 Rorqualus antiquorum, Gervai's, Compt. Rend. 1864, 676. 

 Balajna Physalus, O. Fabr. Faun. GrwnL 35. 

 Physalus vulgaris, Fleming, Brit. Aifiin. 32. 

 Balsenoptera Gibbar, Scoresby, Arct. Reg. i. 478. 

 Balsenoptera arctica, Schleg. Abhandl. 10. t. 9. 

 Balsenoptera borealis (part.), Rapp, Cetac. 51. 

 Pterobalsena communis, Eschricht, Van Beneden, Bull. Acad. Brux. 



ser. 1. 1857, i. 393 ; Bull. Acad. Belg. xxii. 464 ; Nouv. Mem. Acad. 



Brux. xxxii. (1861) 37 ; Arch. Naturg. 1858, 67. 

 Baleine de Sainte Cyprien, Companyo, Mein. 4to, 1830 ; Carcassonne 



8j- Parities, Mem. ; F. Cuv. Cetac. 337. 



The following may probably belong to this species : — 



1. Balsena tripennis quse rostrum acutum habet, Sibbald, Phalamol. 29. 

 t. 1. f. D, E, cop. Bonnat. Cet. E. M. t. 3. f. 2; Schreb. t. 354.— 

 Nov. 17, 1690, 0. S. (46 feet long). 



Pike-headed Whale, Penn. B. Zool. iii. 40. 



Balsena Boops, Linn. S. N. i. 106. 



Balasna borealis, var. Boops, Fischer, Syn. 524. 



Balsenoptera Jubartes, Lacep. Cet. 120. t. 4. f. 1. 



Jupiter- tish, Anderson, Isl 220. 



Pike-headed Mysticete, Shato, Zool. ii. 492. t. 227. 



2. Balsena tripennis quae maxillam inferiorem rotundam &c., Sibbald, 

 Phalcenol. 33. t. 3 ; (edit. 1792) 78. t. 3, cop. Botmat. Cet. E. M. t. 3. f. 1. 



Round-lipped Whale, Pennant, Quad. iii. 42. 



