150 ox A SKELETON' OF A WHALE IN THE 



bunes in the living- species. 1 have e()nij):ire(l them with speci- 

 mens in the American Museum at New York, and, Avhile some 

 differences certainly do appear, yet it seems to me that on the 

 whole it would not he wise to cre.ite a new si)eeies where there 

 is so close similarity. 



Nicholson and Lyddeker, Matiiid] of l\daeont(Ao<jy. page 

 1307., say: " Reniaias of Narwhal, Monodon monoceros, are 

 found in the Norfolk Forest hed ami tlw Pleistocene of 

 Alaska." 



At present, Mtnodon has been, though rarelv, taken as far 

 south as England. 'Monodon and Delphmapterus are closely 

 allied species, and Flower, Trans. Zoahf/ical Society, London, 

 188(), placed these two genera in a group, Beluglneoe, which 

 inchides no others. 



Notes on fossil cetacca of North America. 



It may add to the value of this article if a few notes on 

 other fossil cetaceans are included. This is the more true 

 because nearly all the specimens of this order that have been 

 found have occurred in Canada. One of the most perfect 

 skeletons is that described by Thompson from Vermont, and, 

 with the possible exception of a few isolated bones, this is the 

 only specimen that has been found in the United States. The 

 following is, so far as I can ascertain, a list of all the specimens 

 thus far discovered : 



I. — 1849. A nearly complete skeleton; Charhitte, Ver- 

 mont; Professor Z. Thompson. State Museum, 

 Montpelier, Vermont. 

 II. — 1858. Several caudal vertebrae; Mile-end Quarries, 

 Montreal ; Sir W. Logan. Museum of the Geological 

 Survey, Ottawa. 

 III. — 1864. A few bones; Riviere du Loup, Ont. ; Sir J. 



W. Dawson. Peter Redpath Museum, Montreal. 

 IV, — 1870. A nearly complete skeleton; Cornwall, Ont.; 

 Mr. E. Billings. Geological Survey Museum, Ottawa. 



