1. HYrEEOODON. 331 



6. Bottlenose Whale of Dale, Hunter, Phil. Trans. 1787, Ixxvii. t. 19 : 



cop. Bonnai. Cetac. t. 11. f. 3, and Bell, Brit. Quad. 292. f. 

 Delphinus Himteri, Desm. Manim. 520, 1822, from Hunter. 

 D. diodon, Lace p. Cetac. 309. t. 13. f. 3 ; Gerard, Diet. S. Nat. vi. 78. 

 D. bidentatus, Bonnat. Cetac. 1. 11. f 3, 1789 ; Desm. N. Did. ix. 175, 



from Hunter. 

 Hyperoodoii bidens, Fleni. B. A. 36 ; Jeni/ns, Man. 44. 



7. B. a miiseau pointii, Cajnper, Cetac. 78. 1. 13-16. 



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



Camper, t. 13. 

 Hyperoodon, " Voicjfs Mem. t.," 1801 ; F. Ctiv. Cetac. 245 (skull, Kiel 



Bot. Gard.). 



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

 Hyperoodon Hunteri, Gray, Ann. i^- May. N. H. 



9. Hyperoodon Honfloriensis, Tliompson, May. N. Hist. 1838, ii. 221. 

 H. bidens, Thompson, Ann. Sf May. N. Hist. 1854, xiv. 347. 



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



11. Uperodon Butskof, Gervais, Zool. (^'- Pal. Franq. t. 38 (skull, good). 



12. H. Butzkopf, TF. Thompson, Ann. ^ May. N. Hist. 1846, xvii. 150. t. 4. 



f. 1 ; Gray, Cat. Cetac. B. M. 1850, 62 ; P. Z. 8. 1862 ; Bell, Brit. 

 Quad. 492, 493, fig. 

 Chenocetua rostratus, Malmyren, Arch. Nat. 1864, 92. 



13. Hyperoodon rostratum, Wesmael, N. Mem. Acad. Roy. Briix. 1840, xii. 



't. 1, 2 (good) ; Gray, Cat. Cetac. B. M. 1850, 64. 

 Neblivalen, Eschrichi, K. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. xi. 327, 328, fig. 

 Delpliinus Hyperoodon, Schleyel, De Dieren, 94 ; Abhandl. 28. 

 Hyperoodon borealis, Nilsson, Skand. Fauna, 622. 

 Hj'peroodon rostratus, Lilljebory. 



Inhab. North Sea, ascending rivers : Thames {Hunter) ; Humber 

 {Thompson). Harwich {Dale). 



a. Teeth. Liverpool. 

 h, c. Skulls. Whitstable. 



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

 coast. The following habitats have been verified from the exami- 

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

 Bridge, 1783 {Hunter); skeleton, IVIus. Coll. Surgeons. Whitstable 

 {Beardsivorth) ; skull and bones in British Museum. The Humber, 

 near Hull, 1837 {Thompson) ; skeleton in Mus. Hull Phil. Soc. 

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

 Dublin {Jacob) ; skeleton, Mus. Coll. Surgeons ; skull, Royal Dublin 

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

 1845 ; skeleton in Belfast Museum of male 20 feet long {Aim. Sf 

 Mag. 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 Mammalium,' p. 514, this species occurs 

 under three names — D. Dalei, D. Hyperoodon, and i).? spuriiis. 



In the previous edition of this Catalogue I regarded the Bottle- 

 head or Flounder's-head of Dale (the Hyperoodon Butzkop)f of Lace- 

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



