60 JIEGAPTEKID^. 



Pamay 3. MEGAPTERIDiE. Bwmjpbacked Whales. 



Megapterina, Cfray, I. c. p. 113. 



MegapteridsB, Orat/, Synops. Whales S^ Dolph. p. 2. 



Dorsal flu low, broad ; pectoral fin very long, with four very long 

 fingers of. many phalanges. Vertebrae 50 or 60 ; cervical vertebrae 

 often anciiylosed. Lateral process of the axis tardily ossified. Neu- 

 ral canal large, high, triangular. Eibs 14 or 15. 



1. MSGAFTERA. 



Megaptera, Gray, I. c. pp. 113, 117 ; Synops. Whales 8r Dolph. p. 2 ; 

 IMljehorg, N. Acta Upsal. 1867, vi. 



Bladehone without acromion or coracoid process. Body of cer- 

 vical vertebrae subcircular. 



1. Ilegaptera longimana. B.M. 



Megaptera longimana, Qray, I. c. pp. 119 (flg.), 373 ; Synops. Whales 



4- Dolph. p. 2. 

 Megaptera boops, Oray, Synops. Whales ^ Dolph. tab. 30 (baleen and 



jaws with rudimentaiy teeth), t. 33. f. 12 (vertebra). 



Inhab. North Sea. 



2. Megaptera Novas-ZelandiaB. * B.M. 



Megaptera Novse-Zelandlae, Gray, I. c. p. 128, fig. 20 ; Synops. Whales 

 §■ Dolph. p. 2. 



Inhab. New Zealand. Ear-bones in Brit. Mus. 



3. Megaptera ? Burmeisteri. 



Megaptera P Burmeisteri, Oray, Cat. Seals Sr Whales, p. 129. 

 Megaptera Lalandii (part.), Van Beneden, Ostiogr. CH. 



Inhab. Buenos Ayres, Skeleton, Mus. Buenos Ayres. 



4. Megaptera americana. 

 Megaptera americana, Oray, Cat. Seals Sf Whales, p. 129. 



Inhab. Bermuda. 



" The norwega is a Humpback which has the heUy white and 

 smooth (?), back very dark bluish, length 50 to 55 feet. This whale 

 gives more oil than the mystica." — Hartt, Geology Sf Physical Oeo- 

 grofphy of Brazil, p. 182. 



" The whalebone is short, and sells well. The beach on which the 

 whales are cut up is strewed during the season with bones. There 

 must be the bones of 500 whales on the spot. The fishery is carried 

 on at Bahia on a much larger scale than at CaraveUas." — L. c. p. 185. 



5. Megaptera kuzira. 

 Megaptera kuzira. Gray, Cat. Seals Sf Whales, p. 180. 

 Inhab. Japan. SkuU, Mus. Leyden. 



