1. nYPKROODOX. 'Ml 



G. Bottlenose Whale of Bale, Hunter, Phil. Tniiis. 1787, Ixxvii. t. 19: 

 cop. lionnui. Cetac. t. 11. f. .'3, and Bell, Brit. QiiuiJ. 292. f. 

 Delpuiniis Ilunteri, Desni. Mamm. 520, 1822, irom Hunter. 

 D. diodou, Lacep. Catac. 309. t. 13. f. 3; Gerard, Did. S. Xat. vi. 78. 

 D. bidentatus, Bonnat, Cetac. 1. 11. f. 3, 1789; Desin. K. Diet. ix. 175, 



from Hunter. 

 Hyperoodon bidens, Flem. B. A. 36 ; Jenyns, Man. 44. 



7. B. a imiseau pointu. Camper, Cetac. 78. 1. 13-16. 



Hyperoodon, Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. 321. t. 24. f. 19, 21, copied from 



Camper, t. 13. 

 Hyperoodon, " VoigVs Mem. t.," 1801 ; F. Cuv. Cetac. 245 (skull, Kiel 

 ^Bot. Gard.). 



8. Cetodiodon Hunteri, Jacob, Dublin Phil. Journ. 1825, t. 

 HjlJeroodon Himteri, Gray, Ann. df Mar/. N. H. 



9. Hyperoodon Honfloriensis, Thompson, Ma;/. N. Hist. 1838, ii. 221. 

 H'. bidens, Thompson, Ann. 8j- May. K. Hist. 1854, xiv. 347. 



10. H^-peroodon Butskopf, Jacob, Proc. Dublin Assoc. 1, 4 (Belfast, 20^ ft.). 



11. Uperodon Butskof, Gerrais, Zool. 4'- Pal. Fran^. t. 38 (skull, good). 



12. H. Butzkopf, IF. Thompson, Ann. Sf Mag. N. Hist. 1840, xvii. 150. t. 4. 



f 1 ; Gray, Cat. Cetac. B. M. 1850, 62 ; P. Z. S. 1862 ; Bell, Brit. 

 Quad. 492, 493, fig. 

 Chenocetus rostratus, Malmgren, Arch. Nat. 1864, 92. 



13. H'S'peroodon rostratum, Wesmael, N.Mem. Acad. Roy. Bru.v. 1840, xii. 



"t. 1, 2 (good) ; Gray, Cat. Cetac. B. 31. 1850, 64. 

 Nebhvalen, Eschricht, K. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. xi. 327, 328, fig. 



Delphinus Hj'peroodon, Schk-yel, De Dieren, 94 ; Abhandl. 28. /)l^,y--x -'^ *^C, /A 

 Hyperoodon borealis, Nilsson, Skand. Fauna, 622, '*■ f ^<-4 • '^ 



Hyperoodon rostratus, ij7//('io/-y. S^'' /jt *^ ll 



Inhab. North Sea, ascending rivers: Thames {Hunter); Hnmber ^^^ l^ 

 {Tlwmpmn). Harwich {Bale). *^^^ ^ 



a. Teeth. Liverpool. ?^ / "• g^^- 



h, c. SkuUs. Whitstable. ->^^^ c<m^*^ 



The animal is one of the most generally caught whales on our 

 coast. The following habitats have been verified fi-om the exami- 

 nation of specimens : — Harwich {Dale). Thames, above London 

 Bridge, 17S3 {Hunter); skeleton, Mus. Coll. Surgeons. "Whitstable 

 ( Beard su'orth) ; skull and bones in British Museum. The Hnmber, 

 near Hull, ISJiT ( Thompson) ; skeleton in Mus. HuU Phil. Soc. 

 Mouth of the Dee ; skeleton, Mus. lloyal Institution, Liverpool. 

 Dublin (Jacoh) ; skeleton, Mus. Coll. Surgeons : skull, Royal Dubhn 

 Society and Museum School of Anatomy. Belfast Lough, 29th Oct. 

 1845 ; skeleton in Belfast Museum of mede "20 feet long {Ann. cj- 

 Maef. N. H. 1846, xvii. 150), -with four teeth in lower jaw. Firth 

 of Forth, 29th Oct. 1839 ; .skeleton in Edinb. University Museum : 

 female 28| feet long, in company with young suckling female 9 feet 

 long. 



In Fischer's ' Synopsis Manunalium," p. 514, this species occurs 

 under three names — -D. Dalei, I). Hyperoodon, and Z>.? spurins. 



In the pi-evious edition of this Catalogue I regarded the Bottle- 

 head or Flounder's-head of Dale (the Hyperoodon Butzkopf of Lace- 

 pede) as distinct from the Bottlenose Whale of Hunter, the Balana 



