1873.] 



DR. J. E. GRAY ON NEW-ZEALAND WHALES. 



141 



Balcena britannica, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1870, vol. vi. 

 p. 200. 



Macleayius britannicus, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1870, 

 vi. pp. 198, 204 ; Suppl. Cat. Seals and Whales, p. 46. 



Hab. British Channel?, Lyme Regis. 



This is probably a Mediterranean or temperate-ocean species, 

 migrating to, or occasionally visiting the south coast of England, or 

 subfossil. 



Fig. 5a. 



Cervical vertebrae of Halibalana britannica (side view). 

 Fig. 5 b. 



Cervical vertebra of Halibalmna britannica (back view). 



