110 Dr. J. E. Gray on the Whales and 



Caperea antipodarum, Lilljeborg; Gray, Cat. Seals & Whales, p. 371, 



Suppl. p. 45 (not ear-bones). 

 Baleena antipodarum, Van Beneden, Osteog. Cet. tab. 3 (skeleton ; ear- 

 bones doubtful). 



The second Black Whale is Macleayius austi-altensis, a 

 skeleton of which is in the British Museum (noticed in the 

 Ann. &Mag-. Nat. Hist. 1873, vol. xi. p. 75), and which is de- 

 scribed and will be published in the ' Proceedings of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society' for 1873. It was sent from the coast of Canter- 

 bury, New Zealand, as Balcena antipodarum^ by Dr. Haast. 

 I at first thought, from the similarity of the ear-bones, that it 

 was the Euhalaina australis ; but it is extremely different from 

 this. 



3. Megaptera novm-zealandicB, ■ 



The whale stranded at Wellington Harbour with "a falcate 

 dorsal" is most probably a Physalus ; for the peculiar character 

 of Megaptera is to have merely a hunch instead of a dorsal fin, 

 and elongate pectoral fins. The ear-bones of Megaptera and 

 Physalus are nearly similar ; and therefore it is most probably 

 Physalus antarcticiis. The colour of the baleen may vary, as 

 the whalers say the character and texture are very different — so 

 distinct that a dealer in these articles can distinguish the 

 baleen of the Finners of the different counti-ies, and they fetch 

 different prices. 



8. Electra clancula, Gray. 



I do not know what Dr. Hector's remark refers to ; perhaps 

 it does not refer to my description. I published a description 

 and figure which Dr. Hector sent to me in the 'Ann. & Mag. 

 Nat. Hist.' 1872, ix. p. 436, fig. 



10. Grampus Richardsoni. 

 The number of teeth varies in the different specimens of the 

 European species. 



13. Epiodon chathamiensis^ and 

 14. Mesoplodon Layardii. 



I have not seen the skull of Epiodon australis ; but as yet I 

 have never seen a species of whale or seal common to the coast 

 of South America and New Zealand. It may be different with 

 the Cape of Good Hope and Australia and New Zealand ; but 

 I have seen no decided instance of the same species occuiTing 

 in two countries ; therefore I can give no decided opinion re- 

 specting the jaw of Mesoplodon Layardii. 



At the same time I may observe that the Mesoplodon 

 Layardiiy or, as I should call it, DoUchodonLayardi, has a much 



