[21] COLLECTING SPECIMENS OF CETACEANS. 1177 



28. Megaptera, Gray. — Humpback whales. 



All seas. 



29. Balcenoptera, Lac6pede. — Piked whales. 



All seas. 



30. Fhysalus, Gray. — Fin-back whales. 



All seas. 



31. Sibhaldius, Gray. — Sulphur-bottom whales. 



All seas. 



32. Balwna, Linn6.— Bowhead and Eight whales. 



Arctic and temperate seas. 



33. Neobalcena, Gray. — Pygmy Bowhead. 



j^ew Zealand seas. 



A CHECK-LIST OF THE SPECIES OF CETACEAKS WHICH 

 OCCUE ON THE COASTS OF NOETH AMEEIOA. 



Order Cete. 



Suborder Denticete. 



Family Delphinid^. 



Sotalia pallida, Gervais. Florida (?) 



'^. Ste7io fuscus, Grsij. Cuba. 



Steno compressus, Gray. Gulf of Mexico (?) 



DelpMnus Bairdii, Dall. Baird's Doli)hin. Coast of California. 



JDelpliinus delpMs, Linn^. Common Dolj)hin. Atlantic Ocean. 



°^ Belpliinus alhirostratrus, Peale. 



DelpMnus janira, Gray. The Janira. isTewfoundland. (Gray.) 



? Frodelphinus euphrosyne, (Gray) True. North Atlantic Ocean. 



? Leucorhamphus horealis, (Peale) Gill. Eight-whale Porpoise. Pacific 

 coast of North America. 



Lagenorhynchus acutus, Gray. Eschricht's Dolphin. North Atlantic 

 Ocean. 



LcgenorhyncJius albirostris, Gray. White-beaked Bottlenose. North 

 Atlantic Ocean. 



LcgenorTiynchus obliquidens, Gill. Striped or common Dolphin. Pa- 

 cific coast of the United States. 



? LagenorJiynchus tricolea, Gray. West coast of North America. 



Lagenorliynchus gubernator, Cope. Skunk Porpoise. Coast of New 

 England. 



LagenorJiynchus perspicillatus, Cope. Coast of New England. 



Tursiops tursio, (Bonnaterre) Van Ben. and Gervais. Bottle-nose Dol- 

 phin. North Atlantic Ocean. 



Tursiops GiUii, Dall. Cow-fish. Pacific coast of the United States. 



