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iit Voffelsaiul at the mouth of the lOlbe in 1821, mikI th(^ mhiiic is Ihor- 

 oii<4hly valid. For the present purposes, tluMofon^ tlui I'^iiropcau 

 humpback will be styled Me(i<(j)t(r<i hmfiinuoui (Itudolplii). 

 The generic name Mvf/aptera was bestowe<l by Gray in 1840.' 

 The earliest name for !{udoIi)lii's ronjuul is liaUviui rostrala, employed 

 by Itudolplii in ISliL*.'^ Tliis was preoccupied by Miillcir in 177(1, as we 

 have alr<'ady seen. Ouviei- described and (ijjfured Ivudolplii'a specimen 

 in his Ive<!herches snr les Ossemens fossikis, undci' th(^ name of " Itonpial 

 du Nord." Lesson in 1828(;oi)ie(l thedescrii)tion under the Latin name 

 litdiinoptiTd, horctdis.'^ 



Tli<)Uj;h Lesson's work is almost entirely a compihition, the name will 

 hold. 

 Tiie j^eneric name liahvnoptcua oi'iginated with Laci'pedo in isO-'J-Oi.* 

 The comi)lete list of Euroi)eau whalebone whales as now recognized 

 will stand as follows: 



1. lUtUvua )iij/,sticefnf< Liniiicus. 



The bowhead, or An^tic right whale. 



2. lialwna glacialia Hounaterre. 



The black whale, or nordcai)er. 



3. Ikil(('U(>pfrr<i i)hiiHalnii (Linna'us). 



Tiie common finback, or rorqual. 



4. liaUrnoptcra mnsculnii (Linmeus). 



The blue whale. 



5. liiiUvnopU'ra horealiii Lesson, 



liudolphi's ron(ual. 

 (>. liaUvnopiera acuto-rostrata rvii(5i''pi'de. 



The little i)iked whale, oi- least rorqual. 

 7. M(;</((ptera l<m(/i)nana (liudolphi)."' 



The humpback. 



'Zoology oC tho voyage of the Erehiis and Terror, 1846. 



• Alilifiiidl. K. Akiid. WiHseuBoli. iJerliu, 1820-21 (1K22), pp. 27-JO, i)1h. 1-5. ( Fide 

 AlU'.ii.) 



' Ilistoin^ NafciircUc doH Maiiiniifcros c^t Oisoaiix. Ci'-tacc's, 1H2K, p. 312, i»l. 12. Tlio 

 ])latt) JH (iopiod IVoiii llmitor, iiiid rcpnwciit.s /^ aculo-roahala. 



'liiHtoiro Natiirtjilo dcH Ct'taorH, An XII (18(W-01), I, p. MV. 



■If tlio Imnipliack of New Kngland watciH is ilio naino sjiocieH, then Mef/aptera 

 iiodomi ( Moimaterrc) in tlio correct iiiiiuo. TliiH can not l)o taken for granted in tho 

 present paper. 



