BALMSIOX. BALJiNA. 149 



Order III. CETE. 

 Pam. 1. BALiENID^E. 



BALiENA. 



The Northern AVhale. Balaena mysticetus. - 



Gray, Zool. Erebus and Terror, pp. 15 & 47. tab. 1. fig. 4 (baleen); Cat. 

 Matmn. Brit. Mm pt. i. Cetacea, p. 12. pi. 2. fig. 1 (skull).— Cuv., 

 Oss. Foss. v. p. 301. tab. 25. figs. 9-11, tab. 26. fig. 25 (skull).— 

 D 'Alton, Vergl. Osteol. no. x. pi. 4 (skull). 



a. Skull and lower jaw. North Sea. 



b, c. Two plates of baleen. Greenland. Presented by Messrs. Smith 



and Simmonds. — The specimen figured in the ' Voyage of the 

 Erebus and Terror,' p. 47. tab. 1. fig. 4. 

 d. One plate of whalebone. Greenland. • , 



The Western Australian Whale. Balaena marginata. 



Gray, Zool. Erebus and Terror, p. 48. tab. 1. fig. 1 (baleen). 



a, b, c. Three plates of baleen. Length 20 inches ; width at the 

 base 2 inches 6 lines. W. Australia. Presented by Mr. War- 



wick. 



The Cape Whale. Balsna australis. 



Gray, Zool. Erebus and Terror, pp. 15 & 48. tab. 1. fig. 3 (baleen). 

 Baleine du Cap, Cuv., Oss. Foss. v. p. 308. tab. 24, tab. 25. figs. 1-8, 

 tab. 20. 



Vertebrae 52 ( Warw ich). 



a. Bone of fore-arm. Cape of Good Hope. 



b, c. Two plates of " South Sea whalebone." Pacific Ocean? Pre- 



sented by Messrs. Smith and Simmonds. — The specimen figured 

 in the ' Voyage of the Erebus and Terror,' p. 48. tab. 1. fig. 3. 

 d, e. Two plates of whalebone. 



The Japan Whale. Ba]aena japonica. 



Gray, Zool. Erebus and Terror, pp. 15 & 47. tab. 1. fig. 2 (baleen). 



b. Two plates of " North-west Coast whalebone." N.W. coast of 

 America. — The specimens figured in the ' Voyage of the Erebus 

 and Terror,' p. 47. tab. 1. fig. 2. 



