“86 “TERRA NOVA” EXPEDITION. 
Wilson and by Commander H. L. L. Pennell, R.N., and other officers of the “Terra 
Nova.” The zeal shown by the Officers of the Watch and the whole ship's company 
to notify the biologist whenever a Cetacean was sighted, deserves to be highly com- 
mended ; indeed, it must be confessed that the cries of “‘ Whale” were often more 
numerous than the responses on the part of the biologist. 
During the winters of 1911 and 1912 I spent several months at whaling stations 
near the Bay of Islands, New Zealand ; and was thus able to examine three species of 
large whales in detail. Opportunities were taken of talking to the whalers; and some 
information was thereby obtained, concerning the distribution and migration of whales 
in the Southern seas. This memoir contains a record of the Cetacea seen by us on 
board the “Terra Nova”; and also some anatomical and other notes on the species 
examined in New Zealand, together with any new information which I have been able 
to collect with regard to the Cetacea of the Southern Hemisphere. 
I have to thank Messrs. Spurling & Son, of Tasmania, for their permission to 
republish the photograph shown in Plate IV., fig. 1. Professor W. B. Benham, F-.R.S., 
of Dunedin, N.Z., has kindly allowed me to make use of four previously unpublished 
photographs in Plates IV. and V. I am indebted to Dr. W. G. Ridewood for the 
photograph of the embryo Humpback Whale in Plate IV., fig. 4. The photographs in 
Plate VI. were taken by Paymaster F. R. H. Drake, R.N., a member of the Expedition, 
and to him I tender my best thanks. My sincere thanks are due to the Editor, Dr. 8. 
F. Harmer, for helping me in many ways during the preparation of this Report. 
Il DESCRIPTIONS OF =SEEGIES: 
MYSTACOCETI. 
BALAENIDAE. 
1. Balaena glacialis,* Bonnaterre. 
No individuals of this species were observed by the “Terra Nova.” It would 
seem to be doubtful if this whale ever penetrates into the ice-covered seas of the 
Antarctic, although it still appears to be fairly plentiful in sub-antarctic regions. 
This species is caught by the whalers at the South Shetlands, usually towards 
the end of the season, about February and March. At South Georgia it is taken 
all through the season, although March was said to be the best month. It is found 
off Campbell Island, to the south of New Zealand, throughout the year. Thirteen 
Southern Right whales were captured at the last-mentioned locality by Mr. Cook 
* Or Balaena australis, Desmoulins. Collett, R., ‘“‘ Norges Pattedyr,” Kristiamia, 1912, p. 545. 
Bull, H. J., “The Cruise of the ‘ Antarctic,” 1896, p. 214. Racovitza, E., “ Résultats du voyage 
du 8.Y. ‘ Belgica,’ 1897-99, Zoologie, Cétacés,” 1903, p. 19. Wilson, E. A., National Antarctic Exped., 
1901-4, Nat. Hist. Reports, Vol. II., 1907, Mammalia, p. 1. Liouville, J., Documents Scientifiques, 
Deuxiéme Expéd. Charcot, 1908-1910, Cétacés, 1913, pp. 5-27. Turner, Sir W., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb., 
XXXV., 1914, Pt. I. (No. 2, p. 18). 
