114 ALLEN: NEW ENGLAND WHALEBONE WHALES. 



Eubalaena glacialis (Bonnaterre). 

 North Atlantic Right Whale. 



Plates S, 9; Plate 11, Fig. 1. 



Synonymy. 



1776. Balacnu ghirialis Miillcr, Zool. Danicae Prodronius, p. 7 {noiurn midum). 



1789. Balacna glacialis BoniiatciTe, Tabl. Encycl. et Method, des Trois Regne.s de la Nature, Cetologie, p. S. 



1792. Balaena mysticctus islandica Kerr, Animal Kingdom, vol. 1, p. 357. 



1803-4. Balacna nordcapcr Lacepede, Hist. Nat. des Cetaces, vol. 1, p. 152 (part), pis. 2, 3. 



1860. Balacna hiscaycnsis Eschricht, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., ser. 2, vol. 12, p. 229. 



1864. Balacna mysticetus angulata Gray, Proc. Zool. See. London, p. 201, fig. 1 (= E. glacialis fide Millais). 



1864. Eubalaena biscayensis Flower, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 391. 



1865. Balaena cisarctica Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 168. 



1867. Hunierius sTcdcnborgii Lilljeborg, Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Sci. Upsala, ser. 3, vol. 6, no. 6, p. 3.5, pi. 9-11. 



1868. Balacna (Huntcrius) biscayensis Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. I, p. 244. 

 1868-79. Balaena byscayensis van Bencden and Gervais, Osteogr. des Cetaces, Atlas, pi. 7. 



1870. Balaena britannica Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 6, p. 200 (based on fossil cervicals from 

 Lyme Regis, England). 



1870. Eubalaena cisarctica Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 6, p. 391. 



1871. Hunterius biscayensis Gray, Supplement Cat. Seals and Whales British Museum, p. 44. 



1871. Balacna cnhcdacna Gray, Supplement Cat. Seals and Whales British Museum, p. 44 (not Flower, 1864). 



1877. Balacna arcntina Capellini, Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Bologna, ser. 3, vol. 8, p. 3. 



1890. Balaena euskariensis Rial, La Ballena Euskara, Memoria del esqueleto de esta especie, etc., San Sebas- 

 tian, p. 3. 



1890. Balacna bizcayensis Rial, La Ballena Euskara, Memoria del esqueleto de esta especie, etc., San Sebas- 

 tian, p. 17. 



1900. Eubcdacna glacialis Kiikenthal, Fauna Arctica, vol. 1, p. 207; J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 1908, vol. 24, p. 310. 



History and Nomenclature. 



According to Dr. J. A. Allen's (1908) excellent review of the history of this whale it was 

 first introduced into systematic zoology by Klein, in 1741, who gave the varietal name borealis 

 to the Nordkaper of Zorgdrager, supposing it to be a variety of the Arctic Bowhead. Brisson, 

 in 1756, again named it (Balaena islandica), and gave its salient points of distinction from the 

 latter. Linne did not differentiate between the two species, but Bonnaterre, in his Tableau 

 Encyclopedique, 1789, recognized the smaller Right Whale as Balaena glacialis, founding his 

 description chiefly on Brisson. The name glacialis is somewhat inappropriate, however, for 

 this whale frequents the northern waters during only a portion of the year. Under the name 

 Balaena biscayensis, Eschricht (1860) recognized the Right Whale of the eastern North Atlantic 



