32 CETACEA. 
Balenoptera, pars, Lacepéde, Cetac. x 
Baleenoptera, Sect. 1 (Balznoptera), Gray, Zool. Ereb. & Ter.. 5 0. 
Balenoptera, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, 89. i 
Pterobalena, pars, Eschricht, Nord Wallthier, 1849, fol. 
Balena, pars, Linn. ; Miiller, Zool. Dan. ; Illiger, Prod. 242. 
Rorqualus, sp. Dekay ; F. Cuvier, Cetac. 321. 
Balena minimus, Knoz, Cat. Whale, 14. i 
Dr. Knox found eight distinct bristles arranged in perpendicular 
rows on the extremity of the snout, in each jaw (Knoa, ie 
N. Phil. Journ. 1834). 
BALZNOPTERA ROSTRATA. PIKE WHALE. 
Black, beneath reddish white. Pectoral fin white near the 
base above. > , 
Balzena rostrata, Miiller, Prod.; O. Fab. Faun. Gren. 40; i 
Phil. Trans. \xxvu. t. 20-23, cop. HE. M. t. 4. 
Rorqualus rostratus, Dekay, Zool. New York Mus. 730. t. 30. f. Lei ' 
B. musculus, pars, Flem. B. A. 30. { 
B. Boops, pars, Flem. B. A. 31. | 
Balenoptera acuto-rostrata, Lacep. Cetac.; Scoresby, Arct. Regd i 
i. 485. t. 13. f. 2. 
Balcenoptera acuto-rostrata, Lesson, N. T. R. A. 202. 
Balznoptera microcephala, Brandt, MSS. 
Balzena minimus borealis, Knox, Cat. Whale, 14. 
Rorqualus minor, Knox, Jardine, Nat. Lib. 142, tif 
B. borealis rostrata, Fischer, Syn. s. 25. 
B. Boops, Albert. Icon. Anat. 1822, t.1; Camper, Cetac. 74. 
t. 11,12; Cat. Col. Surg. 171. n. 1194, ’ Hunter’s spec. 2 
Balenoptera Boops, Fin-backed Whale, Newman, Zoologist, 
1. 33, fi . 
ati) Boops, F. Cuv. Cetac. 321. t. 20. 
Balenoptera Physalus, Gray, Zool. E. & T. 18. 
Vaagekval, Eschricht, K. D. Vidensk. Selsk. xi. t. 1, 2, ond 
p- 286-299, fetus and anat. q 
Balenoptera rostrata, Gray, Zool. Ereb. & Terror, 50. t. 2, — 
skull, t. 1. f. 3, baleen; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, 90. 
Pterobaleena minor, Eschricht, Nord Wallthier, 59, 1849. 
Inhab. North Sea. New York Bay, Dekay. Valognes, France, : 
Geoffroy. Greenland. Norway. , 
a. Stuffed specimen. Young. Thames at Deptford. 
H Very young. Greenland. 
c. *Plates of baleen from a. Thames at Deptford. 
Figured Zool. Erebus & Terror, t. 1. f. 3. 
d. Skeleton. South Greenland. From Mr. Brandt’s Collection. 
