32 CETACEA. 



Balsenoptera, pars, Lacepede, Cetac. 



Balsenoptera, Sect. 1 (Balsenoptera), Gray, Zool. Ereb. fy Ter. 50. 



Balsenoptera, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, 89. 



Pterobalaena, pars, Eschricht, Nord Wallthier, 1849, fol. 



Balsena, pars, Linn. Mutter, Zool. Dan. j Illiger, Prod. 242. 



Rorqualus, sp. DeJcay j F. Cuvier, Cetac. 321. 



Balsena minimus, Knox, Cat. Whale, 14. 



Dr. Knox found eight distinct bristles arranged in perpendicular 

 rows on the extremity of the snout, in each jaw (Knox, Edin. 

 N. Phil. Journ. 1834). 



BAL^ENOPTERA ROSTRATA. PIKE WHALE. 



Black, beneath reddish white. Pectoral fin white near the 

 base above. 



Balsena rostrata, Muller, Prod.; 0. Fab. Faun. Gr&n. 40; Hunter, 



Phil. Trans. Ixxvii. t. 20-23, cop. E. M. t. 4. 

 Rorqualus rostratus, Dekay, Zool. New York Mus. 730. t. 30. f. 1. 

 B. musculus, pars, Flem. B.A. 30. 

 B. Boops, pars, Flem. B. A. 31. 

 Balaenoptera acuto -rostrata, Lacep. Cetac.', Scoresby, Arct. Reg. 



i. 485. 1. 13. f. 2. 



Balcenoptera acuto-rostrata, Lesson, N. T. R.A. 202. 

 Balsenoptera microcephala, Brandt, MSS. 

 Balsena minimus borealis, Knox, Cat. Whale, 14. 

 Rorqualus minor, Knox, Jardine, Nat. Lib. 142. t. 7. 

 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. ? 

 Balsenoptera Boops, Fin-backed Whale, Newman, Zoologist, 



i. 33, fig. 



Rorqualus Boops, F. Cuv. Cetac. 321. t. 20. 

 Balsenoptera Physalus, Gray, Zool. E. T. 18. 

 Vaagekval, Eschricht, K. D. Vidensk. Selsk. xi. t. 1, 2, and 



p. 286-299, fcetus and anat. 

 Balsenoptera rostrata, Gray, Zool. Ereb. fy Terror, 50. t. 2, 



skull, t. 1. f. 3, baleen-, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, 90. 

 Pterobalsena minor, Eschricht, Nord Wallthier, 59, 1849. 

 Inhab. North Sea. New York Bay, Dekay. Valognes, France, 



Geoffroy. Greenland. Norway. 



a. Stuifed specimen. Young. Thames at Deptford. 



b. 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. 



