642 FISHERIES OE THE UNITED STATES. 



Family Bal^enopterld^e. 



Megaptera osphyia, Cope. Humpback Whale. Coast of Maine. 



A single specimen, the type of the species, is in the mu- 

 seum at Niagara Falls. It is mounted in a very odd man ner, 

 all the vertebrae, except the atlas, being reversed. Some 

 of the cervicals are out of order, and the phalanges are 

 brought close together without space for cartilages. I am 

 convinced from careful measurements that the great height 

 of the dorsal and lumbar neural spines, on which the spe- 

 cies is mainly based, is a misapprehension, and have little 

 hesitation in combining it with the succeeding species. 



Megaptera boops, Fabricius. Hump-back Whale. North Atlantic 

 Ocean. 



13656. Photograph. Proviueetowu, Massachusetts. Oapt. N. E. 



Atwood. 

 Megaptera bellicosa, Cope. Caribbean Sea. 

 Megaptera versabilis, Cope. Humpback Whale. Pacific coast of North 



America. 

 Physalus aniiquorum, Gray. Fin-back Wbale ; Razor-back. North At- 

 lantic Ocean. 

 Balwnoptera rostratus, Miiller (Gray). Pike Wbale (? Grampus of New 



England fishermen). North Atlantic Ocean. 

 Balwnoptera velifera, Cope. Fin-back Whale. Pacific coast of North 



America. 

 Balwnoptera I)avidso?ii, Scam in on. Fin-back Whale. Northwestern 



coast of the United States. 

 1 Balwnoptera robttstus, Lillejeborg. Graso Whale. North Atlantic 



Ocean. 

 Sibbalditts laticeps, Gray. 

 Sibbaldivs sulfureus, Cope. Sulphur Bottom Whale. Pacific coast of 



North America. 

 Sibbaldius tuberosum, Cope. Mobjack Bay ; Virginia (Cope). Only the 



type known. 

 Sibbaldhis teetirostris, Cope. Coast of Maryland. Only the type known. 



Family Bal^enid^e. 



Balwna japonica, Gray. Right Whale of the Pacific. North Pacific 



Ocean. 

 Balwna biscayensis, Gray. Black Whale. Temperate North Atlantic. 

 Balcena mysticetus, Linne. Bowhead Whale. Arctic Seas. 



