2 FAUXA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



CETE. MYSTACOCETI. 



BALAENIDAE. 



3. Megapteea 2^"Odosa (Bonnatei-re.) True. 



Humpback -whale ; Humpback. 



Boleaa nodosa Bonn., Tab!, encycl. et method, d. trois rogues 

 de la nat., cetologie, 1789, p. 5. "Nouvelle Angleterre." 



^legaptera boops (Fabricius). Van Beneden & Gervais, Oste- 

 ogr. des Cetaces, 1880, p. 120-129, pis. x, xi, fig. 1-8. 



JSIegaptera versahilis Cope. Scammon, Marine mammals, 1874, 

 p. 38-48, figs., pi. 7, fig. 1, pi. 8-9. 



Marine ; migratory. 



Me. 



N. H. 



Mass. 



4. Balaestoptera acuto-rostrata Lacep^de. 



Little piked whale ; Piked whale ; Pike-headed 

 ■whale. 



Balaenopjtera acuto-rostrata Lac, Hist. nat. des Cetacees, (an 

 12) 1803-4, vol. 1. p. 197-207, pi. 8. "Aux exyirons de la 

 rade de Cherbour t." 



Balaenoptera rostrata Fabricius. Sars, Videnskabs. selsk. for- 

 handlinger, Christiania, 1878, p. 15, pi. 1. 



Balaenoptera. rostrata Fabr. Carte & Maealister, Phil, trans. 

 roy. soc. London, 1868, p. 201-261, pi. 4-7. 



Marine. 

 Mass. 



5. Balae>*opteea phtsalus (Linn^.) True. 



Common finback whale ; Finback. 



Balaena physalvs Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 75. 



"iX OCEAXO EUROPAEO." 



Balaeaoptera musculus Auct. Dwight, Mem. Boston soc. nat. 

 hist.. 1872, vol. 2. p. 203-230, figs., pi. 6-7. 



