FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 641 



Zipliius Bairdii, Stejneger. Baird's Bottle-nose Whale. Bering Island. 

 Skulls were obtained by Dr. L. Stejneger, at Bering 

 Island, and are now in the National Museum. Closely re- 

 sembles Z. cavirostris. 



Mesoplodon Sowerbiensis, Gervais. Temperate north Atlantic; Nan- 

 tucket (S. C. Martin). 



Admitted into the American fauna oh the basis of a sin- 

 gle specimen, stranded at Nantucket, Mass., and identified 

 by Louis Agassiz with this genus, and by Professor Cope 

 with this species. The skull is now in the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, at Cambridge. A Mesoplodon has 

 also been recently found by Dr. Stejneger in Bering Island. 



Family Physeteridjg. 



Physeter macroccphalus, Linne. Sperm Whale. Temperate and trop- 

 ical seas. 



Eleven specimens, mostly young, stranded on the east 

 coast of Florida, near Cape Canaveral, in the winter of 

 1882. 

 Kogia Goodei, True (MS.). Goode's Pygmy Sperm Whale. Eastern 

 coast of the United States; Spring Lake, New Jersey; 

 Jupiter Inlet, Florida (M. E. Spencer). 



Two specimens of this animal are known, one from each 



of the localities above named. Of the Florida specimen 



only a photograph and the lower jaw have been preserved. 



Kogia Floweri, Gill. Flower's Pygmy Sperm Whale. Mazatlan, Gulf 



of California (Grayson). 



This species is founded upon the anterior portion of a 

 single mandible and an imperfect drawing. 

 8016. Photographs of portion of lower jaw. Mazatlan. Colonel 

 Grayson. (Type.) 



Sub-order MYSTICETE. 

 Family Rhachianectid^e. 



Bhachianectes glaucus, Cope. Devil-fish; Gray Whale. Pacific coast of 

 North America. 



Only two skulls of this animal are known to exist in col- 

 lections. They were obtained by Mr. Dall. One was pre- 

 sented to the National Museum and the second to the 

 # museum of the California Academy. Two large maxillaries 

 are also in the National Museum. 

 Agaphelus gibbosus, Cope. Scragg Whale. A single specimen known. 

 2444— Bull 27 41 



