150 BAL2ENID.E. PHYSALUS. 



MEGAPTERA. 



Johnston's Humpbacked Whale. Megaptera longimana. 



Gray, Zool. Ei'ebus and Terror, p. 51. 



Balsena longimana, Rudolphi, Abh. der Berl. Acad. 1829, p. 132. pi. 1 

 (skeleton), pis. 2, 8 (skull). 



a. Skull of adult. Greenland. j FrQm j> rohssor Eschricht < s Collec . 

 6. Baleen ol a. > , • 



c. Skeleton. J 



The Poeskop or Cape Humpback. Megaptera poeskop. 



Rorqual du Cap, Ouv., Oss. Foss. v. p. 370. tab. 2G. figs. 1-4 (skull), 

 figs. 19-21 (vertebrae), figs. 9 & 22 (fins), fig. 24 (pelvis), tab. 25. 

 fig. 15 (tongue-bones). 



BAL2EN0PTERA. 



The Pike Whale. Balaenoptera rostrata. 



Gray, Zool. Erebus and Terror, p. 50. tab. 2 (skull), tab. 1. fig. 3 (baleen) ; 

 Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. pt. i. Cetacea, p. 32. pi. 2. fig. 2 (skull).— 

 D' Alton, Vergl. Osteol. no. x. pi. 2 (skeleton). — Rudolphi, Abh. 

 der Berl. Acad. 1820, pi. 1 (skeleton), pis. 2, 3 (skull). 



Balsena boops, Albers, Icon. Anat. Comp. tab. 1 (skeleton), 1818. 



a. Skeleton. South Greenland. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 

 *b. Plates of baleen. Thames, at Leptford. 



PHYSALUS. 



The Razor-back. Physalus antique-rum. 



Rorqual de la M6diterrane>, Cuv., Oss. Foss. v. p. 370. tab. 26. fig. 5 

 (skull). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 17 



Caudal 17 



a. Two plates of baleen. Needles, coast of Hampshire. From the 



skeleton at Black-gang Chine. 



b. Several plates of baleen united together. Greenland. From 



M. Muller's Collection. 



c. Skeleton : 74| feet long. Plymouth. 



Physalus (Rorqualus) boops. 



Balsena boops, If Alton, Vergl. Osteol. no. x. pi. 3. 

 Balaenoptera boops, Owen, Odont. pi. 87 a. fig. 1, figs. 2-6 (teeth); 

 Orr's Circle of the Sciences, i. p. 228. fig. 25 (skeleton), 1854. 



a. Skeleton. Coast of Wales. 



