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_ the inner side of the “fin,” paler in longitudinal stripes. The 
_ fibres on the edge, like the internal fibres of which it is a conti- 
 nuation, are very fine and black. The “ fins” or pieces of ba- 
__leen are flat, or as the merchant calls them “kindly,’”’ so that 
_ they produce straight pieces fit for the better kind of parasols 
and umbrellas, &c., when cut into strips. 
 Balzna mysticetus, Linn. S. N.1i. 105; Gmelin, S. N. i. 223; 
Miiller, Zool. Dan. 6; Eral. Syst.601; O. Fab. 32; Schreb. 
~ Saugth. t. 322; Cuv. R.A. i. 285, ed. 2.1. 296; Oss. Foss. v. 
361. t. 25. f. 9, 11. t. 26. f. 25; Lesson, Giuv. Buffon, i. 294. 
— t.11; Desm. Mam. 527,798; Desm. Dict. Class. H. N.ii. 160; 
. Fischer, Syn. 521; Gray, Zool. Erebus and Terror, 15, 47. 
t. 1. f. 4, baleen; Cat. Mam. B.M. 104. 
_ Baloena mysticetus, Lesson, N. Reg. Anim. 202. 
_ The Right, or Whalebone Whale, Dudley, Phil. Trans. xxxiii. 
_ 256; Scoresby, Arctic Regions, i. 448. t. 12. f. 1. 
_ B. Groenlandica, Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. i. 51. 
_ B. vulgaris, Brisson, Reg. Anim. 347. 
_ Bal. vulgi, Aldrov. Pisc. 688. 
_ Bal. vulgo dicta, Rondel. P. 475. fig. 
- Bal. Rondeletii, Willoughb. Pisce. 35. 
_ B. Physalus, Pallas, Zoogr. i. 289, not Syn. 
_ De Baleenis hujusmodi Bipennibus, Sibbald, Phal. 27. 
_ B. Mysticetus borealis, Knox, Cat. Prep. Whale, 21. 
_ Balzena mysticetus borealis, Knox, Cat. Anat. Prep. Whale, 21. 
_ Var. 1. Baleena glacialis occidentalis, Klein, Mise. Pisce. ii. 12; 
Muller, Z. Dan. Prod. 7; Bechst. Naturg. Deutsch. 1238; 
Virey in Nov. Dict. Sci. 1. 183; Desm. Mamm. 527. 
_ B. Islandica, Brisson, Reg. Anim. 350. 
_ B. Mysticetus 8. Islandica, Gmelin, S. N. i. 223; Fischer, Syn. 
Mam. 522. 
_ B. Nord Caper, Bonnat. Cet. 3; Lacep. Cet. 103. t.2. t. 3; Ge- 
rard, Dict. Sci. Nat. ii. 438. 
_ Nord Kapper, Egede, Grenl. 55. 
- Nordcaper, Anders. Isl. 219; Crantz, Grenl. 145. 
Var. 2. Rock-nosed Whale, Guérin in Jameson’s N. Edinb. Phil. 
Journ. 1845, 267. 
_ Inhab. North Sea. 
a. Skull and lower jaw; North Sea. 
The specimen figured in Cuv. Oss. vy. t. 25. fig. 9-11. 
b, ec. Two plates of whalebone. 
Greenland. Presented by Messrs. Smith and Simmonds. 
_ The specimens figured-in the ‘ Voyage of the Erebus and Ter- 
ror,’ p. 47. tab. 1. fig. 11. 
d. One plate of whalebone; Greenland. 
