MAMMALIA. 



3 



CTE. 



mystacoceti. 



balai<:nidae. 





Marine, sometimes common off shore. 





Me. 





N. H. 





Mass. to Conn. 





6. Balaenoptera musculus (Linne.) True. 



Blue whale ; Sulphur-bottom. 



Balaena muscuhcs Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. l,p. 76. 

 "in mari Scotico." 



Balaenoptera sibbakUi Gray. Sars, Videnskabs. selsk. for- 

 handlinger, Christiania, 1878, p. 18, pi. 3-4. 



Marine. 



Me.— Off shore. 

 Mass. — Off shore. 



ODONTOCETI. 

 PHYSETERIDAE. 



7. Physeter macrocephalus Linne. 



Sperm whale ; Cachalot. 



Physeter macrocephalus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, 

 p. 76. "in Oceano Europaeo." 



Physeter macrocephalus Linne. Scammon, Marine mammals, 

 1874 p. 74-84, pi. 14-15. 



Physeter macrocephalus Linne. Flower, Trans, zool. soc. 

 London, 1869, vol. 6, p. 309-372, pi. 55-61. 



Marine ; formerly common off shore. 

 Me. — Casco Bay. 



Mass. — Nantucket ; New Bedford. 



K. T. 



Conn. — Stonington. 



