BALiENOPTERA. 19 



5ateuo/?^^raMo;;(.inu'Capell.,Mem.Acad.Bologn.,i877, vii, pi. 1-4. 

 Sharp-nosed Finback Whale. 



Type locality. ? 



Geogr. Distr. North Atlantic, Davis Straits. 



36. Balsenoptera davidsoni Scammon. 



Balcunoptera davidsoni Scamm., Proc. Calif. Acad. Scien., iv, 1872, 

 p. 269. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 12. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 42, pis. XII, XIII, XIV. Zool. 

 Ser. 

 Davidson's Finback Whale. 



Type locality. Admiralty Inlet, coast of Washington, North 

 Pacific Ocean. 



Geogr. Distr. West coast of North America, Mexico to Bering Sea. 



37. BaIa;noptera velifera Cope. 



Balccnoptera velifera Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1869, 

 p. 16. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 12. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 43- Zool. Ser. 

 Pacific Finback Whale. 



Type locality. Shores of Oregon and California. 

 Geogr. Distr. North Pacific Ocean; coasts of California and 

 Oregon; Commander Islands. 



a. Bffhenopfci'ci veliferct eofn'i Elliot. 



Balcenoptera borealis Dall, in Scammon Mar. Mamm. N. W. Amer., 



1874, p. 303. fig- P- 37- (nee Lesson.) 

 Balcenoptera velifera copei Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 13. Zool. Ser. 

 Cope's Finback Whale. 



Type locality. Shumagin Islands, Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Northern Seas and about the Aleutian Islands. 



38. Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus). 



Balcena physalus Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1766, p. 106. 



Balcena boops Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1766, p. 106. 



Balcenoptera roqual Lacep., Hist. Nat. Cet., 1803-4, pp. 37, 126, 



t. I, fig. 3- 

 Physahis duguidii Heddle, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1856, p. 187. Gray, 



Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 221. 

 Pterohalcena communis Van Ben., Bull. Acad. Brux., ire Ser., i, 



1857, p. 403. 

 Benedenia knoxii Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 212. 



