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MAMMALIA. 
Balayia hiscayenm. Notes on this species hy Fischer, Compt. Bend. 1871, 
Ixxii. pp. 298-800. The author regards the generic group Hnnlerius as jus- 
tified, and does not think that the identity of B. hiscayensis with a Whale 
from eastern North America has been proved. — The same subject is more 
^ fully discussed by the same author in Ann. Sc. Nat. 1871, xv. art. 3. pp. 20. 
He has collected all the documents and literary materials relating to the 
Baltenas of the temperate regions of the North Atlantic, and especially to 
the B. hiscayensis. He shows that they have been distinguished by the fol- 
lowing denominations : — • s 
/ 1. B. hiscayensis, in the Bay of Biscay. 
2. Nord haper, in Norway and Iceland. 
8. Baleine de [sic] Sardes, on the banks of Newfoundland. 
; 4. B. cisarctica, on the eastern coasts of North America. 
I 5. Ilunterius swedenhoryi, subfossil in Gothland. 
0. Balcena lamanoni, subfossil near Paris. 
/ ' Without discussing the specific differences of these Whales, the author 
thinks that the B. hiscayensis, Nbrd kaper,” and Ilunterius swedenhoryi should 
/ be united in one generic group, allied to H, temmincki, and characterized by 
i a very small head, bifid first rib, and thickened and rounded extremities of 
( the ribs. The other three Whales agree with one another and .with B. aus- 
i tralis and aniipodum in having a longer head, simple first rib, and compressed 
\ lower ends of the ribs. 
V Meyaptera hellicosa, sp. n., Cope, P. Am. Phil. Soc. 1871, pp. 103-108, 
with woodcuts, Caribbean Sea. 
Balaenoptera musculus. Memoire sur une Balenoptere cap- 
, - turee dans PEscaut en 1869,^^ by P. J. van Beneden, in Mem. 
Ac. Belg. xxxviii. 1871, pp. 36, with two plates. In the intro- 
ductory remarks the author criticizes the proposed genera and 
species of European Fin- Whales, and gives a list of the indivi- 
. duals captured. 
Balcenoptera musculus. On some points in the anatomy of a great Fin- 
" Whale,” by J. Struthers, in J. Anat. & Physiol. 1871, pp. 107-125, pi. 7. 
This refers to the individual found dead on the Aberdeen coast in 1871, 
June.-^A young example figured by Gervais, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 1871, 
vii. pi. 3 (B. rostrata). 
Balcenoptera sihbahli. On the transverse processes of the seventh cer- 
vical vertebra.” Turner, Journ. Anat. & Phys. v. pp. 3G1, 302. — Notes on 
the Steypireyor, by Henry Bird. Eep. Brit. Assoc. (1870) 1871, Trans. 
p. 112 
Sihhaldius sidphureus. Baleen described by Cope, P. Am. Phil. Soc. 1871, 
p. 108. 
Physeterida. A semipopular article, ^^The Sperm-Whales, 
giant and pigmy,'" by T. Gill, in Amer. Natur. 1871, iv. 
pp. 725-743, with numerous woodcuts. 
^Koyia Jloweri, sp. n., Gill, Amer. Natur. 1871, iv. p. 738, figs. 167 Sc 172, 
Lower California. 
