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



Caperea flHi;)jor/r/n6w, Lilljeborg; tJray, Cat. Seals & Whales, p. 371, 

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



Balcena antipodfirum, Van Beneden, Osteog. Get. tab. 3 (skeleton ; ear- 

 bones doubtful). 



The second Black Whale is Macleayius austrah'ensis^ 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 Baloina antipodarum^ by Dr. Haast. 

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

 was the Euhalcena. australis ; but it is extremely different from 

 this. 



3. Megaptera novce-zealandicB. 



The whale stranded at Wellington Harbour with "a falcate 

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

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

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

 Physalus are nearly similar ; and therefore it is most probably 

 Fhysalus antarcticus. The colour of tlie 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 countries, 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 Eichardsom. 



The number of teeth varies in the different specinjens of tl^e 

 European species. 



13. Epiodon chatliamiensis^ 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 occurring 

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

 specting the jaw of Ilesojjlodon Layardii. 



At the sanie time I may observe that, the Mesoplodon 

 Layardii J or, as I should call it, Dolichodon Lay ardi^has a much 



