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Balena cisarctica Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, p. 
168.—Abbott, Cook’s Geol. of N. J., 1868, p. 759.—Holder, 
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., I., p. 106.—Anon., Forest and 
Stream, 1874, p. 267. 
Balena physalis Ord, Guthrie’s Geography, 1815, p. 292. 
Balena glacialis Rhoads, Mam. Pa. and N. J., 1903, p. 10. 
Genus MEGAPTERA Gray. 
Hump-Backed Whales. 
Megaptera nodosa (Bonnaterre). 
New England Hump-Backed Whale. 
PLATE 3. 
Similar to the Fin-backed Whales, but with the back strongly 
convex and the flippers very long and scalloped on the edges. 
Sooty black above; beneath spotted, and streaked with white on 
throat, chest and belly; length, 46 feet. 
While there is no positive record of this species stranding or 
being caught on the coast*of New Jersey, it has been taken as 
far south as Virginia and from Massachusetts to Newfound- 
land, so that it may occur on our seaboard at any time. 
Genus BALaNOPTERA Lacépedeé. 
Fin-Backed Whales. 
Balaenoptera physalus (Linneus). 
Common Fin-Backed Whale; Rorqual. 
Piste, A, IG, 
Length, 60 feet. Dark slate, nearly black above, gray on the 
sides and white below. Head assymetrically colored, left side of 
upper jaw and upper part of lower jaw dark, right side of lower 
