64 PHTSALIB^. 



3. CUVIERITJS. 



Cuvierius, Qray, I. c. pp. 114, 164 ; Synope, Whales §■ Dolph. p. 3. 

 Kostrum of the Bkull broad, the outer sides curved, especially in 

 front. The second cervical vertebra -with two short, thick lateral 

 processes. First rib single-headed. Sternum oblong-ovate, trans- 

 verse. Hands elongate ; fingers slender, second finger much longer 

 than the forearm-bone. Scapula with a broad acromion and a rudi- 

 mentary coracoid. 



1. Cuvierius Sibl)aldii. B.M, 



Cuvierius Sibbaldii, Gray, I. c. p. 880; Synops. Whales S/- Bolph.^. 3. 



Cuvierius latirostris, Gray, I. c. p. 166. 



Physalus Sibbaldii, G^-ay, I. c. pp. 160 (fig. 86), 380. 



Balsenoptera Sibbaldii, Van Seneden, Ost^ogr. Cit. t. 12 & t. 18. 



flgs. 25-34. 

 Balaenoptora carolinse, Malm, Motiog. JUust. t. 44. 

 Balsenoptera musculus, Sars, Vid. Selsh. Forhand. 1865, 1. 1, 2, & 3. 

 " Steypireyor," Seinhardt, Vidensk. Meddel. 1867 ; Ann. iVi Hist. 



1868. 

 The Grey Fin Whale, Turner, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. 1869, p. 34 (ftom 



Londonderry). 



Inhab. North Sea. Mus. HuU. 



The great northern Eorqual of Knox probably belongs to this 

 species. Its skeleton is in the Edinburgh Museum. 



Vertebrce 58-60. First and second ribs double-headed (ci. p. 52) ; 

 second cervical vertebra mth a broad lateral process, perforated at 

 the base. Lower jaw compressed, with distinct corondd process. — 

 Sibbaldius, Gray, I. c. pp. 114, 169 ; Synops. Whales 8r Dolph. p. 3. 



4. RUDOLPHIUS. 



RudolpHus, Gray, I.e. p. 170 ; Synops. Whales ^ Dolph. p. 3. 

 Sibbaldius, JAUjeborg, Nova Acta Upsal. vi. 1867. 



Dorsal fin compressed, falcate, two-thirds the entire length from 

 the nose. Eibs 13 . 13 ; first rib short, dUated at the external end. 

 Sternum elongate, not narrow at posterior lobe. Fingers elongate ; 

 the second finger rather shorter than the forearm-bone. Scapula 

 very broad, with a large broad acromion process and a moderate 

 Coracoid one. 



1. Rudolphius laticeps. B.M. 



Sibbaldius laticeps, Gray, I. c. p. 170, flgs. 87, 38. 

 Budolphius laticeps, Gi-ay, Synops. Whales Sf Dolph. p. 3. 

 Balsenoptera laticeps, Van Beneden, OstC'ogr. Cit. t. 10 & t. 11. figs. 

 11-35. 



Inhab, North Sea. 



Nose of skull more than twice the length of brain-cavity from the 

 nasal bones. 



