308 DBLPIIINIBJE, 



talf tie entire length, once and a half its width at the anterior 

 notch ; teeth ^-|. 



Balsena minor in inferiors maxilla tantmn dentata, sine pinna aut 



spina in dorso, Sibhald, Phal. 9 ; Eaii Syn. Pise. 15. 

 Cetus bipirinis, Brissim, JR. A. 36l. 

 Catodon fistula in rostro, Artedi, Oen. 78 ; Syn. 108. 

 Physeter Catodon, lAmn. S. N. 107; Omelin, S. N. i. 226; Desm. 



Mamm. 525, from Balaena minor, SihbaM, Phal. 9; Turton, B. 



Fauna, 16 ; Jenyns, Man. 45. 

 ? Cetus minor, Brisson, Pig. Anim. 361. 



■Beluga leucas. Gray, Spic. Zool. 2,1828; BeU, B. Quad.4S&, 491. fig. 

 Physeter maorocephalus, vai-. P Catodon, Fischer, Syn. 518. 

 Balaena albicans, Klein, Miss. Pise. ii. 12. 

 Delphinus leucas, Pallas, Meise, iii. 92. t. 79 ; Omelin, S. N. 1232 ; 



Desm. Mamm. 519 ; Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso- Asiat. t. 32, $ ; Mem. Wern. 



Soc. iii. 17, d' ; Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. 287, 297. t. 22. f. 5, 6 ; Bell, Brit. 



Quad. 491. fig. ; Schlegel, Abhandl. -34; Owen, Cat. Osteol. Mus. Coll. 



Surg. ii. 454 ; NUsson, Skand. Fauna, 614. 

 Beluga Catodon, Gray, .Zool. Frebm &• Terror, 29. t. ; Cat. Cetac. B. M. 



1850,77. 

 Catodon Sihbaldii, Fleming, B. A. 29, from Sibhald. 

 Small Catodon, Shaw, Zpol. ii. 501. 

 Round-headed Cachalot, Penn. 

 Beluga borealis. Lesson. 

 Physeter maorocephalus ^, Gmdin, S. N. 

 Delphinapterus Beluga, Lacip. CMac. 243 ; Scoresby, Arct. Beg. i. 500, 



ii. 1. 14. 

 Delphinapterus albicans, Fleming, B. A. 36. 

 Catodon albicans, £ac4p. Cdtac. 218. 

 Cetus albicans, Brisson, Big. Anim. 359. , 

 Albus Piscis cetaceus, Maii Syn. Pise. ll. 

 Beluga, Shaw, Zool. h. 515. t. 228. 

 Delphinus albicans, O. Fabr. Faun. Orcml. 50; Bonnat, C6tac. 24; 



Jenyns, Man. 43. 

 Delphinapterus leucas, Gerard, Diet. Sei. Nat. vi. 65; lAlljehorg; 



Malmgren, Arch. Nat. 1864, 90; Sehrenck, Amurlande, i. 190. 

 ? Figure with a beak added : — 

 P Dauphin blanc du Canada, Duham. Peek. ii. x. 1. 10. 

 Delphinus Canadensis, Desm. Mamm. 516, from Duhamel. 

 Inia P Canadensis, Gray, Zool. Erebus Sf Terror, t. 5. f. 1, from Duha- 



OsTBOt. Cuv. Oss. Foss. V. 287. t. 22. f. 5, 6 (head) ; Jacob, Dublin 

 Phil. Joum. 1826, t. 2. f. 4 (skull, small). 



Inhab. North Sea ; gregarious, entering large rivers. Greenland. 

 Scotland (Sibhald). St. Lawrence. 



a. Skeleton. Length 15 feet. Greenland. 



b. Skull. Greenland. Length, entire, 20 inches; of beak 9| ; 



width at notch 6, at orbit 1| inch. 



c. Stuffed specimen. Greenland. 



d. A male specimen, 12^ feet long, 6 feet 8 inches in circumference 



at the thickest part, called Keela luak by the Esquimaux. 

 «. SkuU. Eschscholtz Bay, Behring's Straits. Presented by Captain 

 KeUett, E.N., and Lieut. Wood, E.N. 



