20 BALiENOPTERA. PHYSETER. 



Bal(Bnoptera physalus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Manim., F. C. M. 

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

 Northern Finback Whale. 



Type locality. Unknown. Atlantic coast of Europe. 



Geogr. Distr. Arctic and Atlantic Oceans; Mediterranean Sea. 

 On North American coast from Greenland to New Jersey, 



39. Bal£enoptera borealis (Lesson). 



Balcena borealis Less., Hist. Nat. Cet., 1828, p. 342. 



Balcenoptera borealis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

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

 Lesson's Finback Whale. 



Type locality. ? 



Geogr. Distr. Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans; Mediterranean 

 Sea. 



40. Balasnoptera musculus (Linnaeus). 



BalcBna nmsctdus Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1766, p. 106. 

 Balcena physalus Pall., Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., 1830, p. 289. 

 Physalus (Rorqualus) sibbaldii Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1847, P- 92- 

 Sihbaldins tectirostris Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1869, 



p. 17. 

 BalcBiioptera musculus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



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

 Blue Finback Whale. 



Type locality. Coast of Yorkshire, England. 

 Geogr. Distr. Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans. 



41. Bala^noptera sulfurea (Cope). 



Sibbaldius suljurens Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1869, 



p. 20. 

 Balcenoptera sulfurea Elliot, Syn. N. Am. ]\Iamm., F. C. M. Pub., 



II, 1901, p. 14. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. INIiddle Amer. 8c W. 



Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 43. Zool. Ser. 

 Yellow-bellied Finback Whale. 



Type locality. Northwest coast of North America. 

 Geogr. Distr. North Pacific Ocean to Bering Sea. 



Family IL Pliyseteri<la». Sperm Whales. 



Subfamily L Physeterinae. 



Genus 19. Physeter. 



Physeter Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 76; i, 1766, p. 107. Type 

 Physeter ntacrocepJialiis Linnaeus. 



