CETACEA* 
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a. Subfam. BalcenopteYiiKB ; gen. Kyptiohalana and IHerohalcena. 
h. Subfam. Cetotheriopsinm \ gen. Cetothenopsis. 
€. Subfam. CetotheriincBi gen. Cetothet'iuniy PlesiocetuSy and probably 
Pachyacanthus. 
Eschrichtius rohustm. Description of the remains of a skeleton of this sub- 
fossil Whale, found in Cornwall under similar circumstances as the type, by 
Prof. Flower, A. & M. N. H. 1872, ix. pp. 440-442. 
Balcmoptera. On the cervical vertebrae and their articulations in Fin- 
Whales,” by J. Struthers, in Journ. Anat. «Sc Phys. 1872, xi. pp. 1-55, 
pis. 1 & 2. 
Baiccnoptcra. Prof. Burineister distinguishes now three species from the 
Argentine coasts : — B, patachonica, B, honaermsis, and B, intermedia, sp. n. 
He describes the skeleton of the last, comparing it with the two first. 
Bol. Mus. Buen. Air. 1872, pp. xi-xiv ; translated in A. & M. N. H. 1872, x. 
pp. 413-418. ^ 
Balmioptera rostrata figured by Gervais in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, vii. 
pi. 3*. 
Balamoptcra mmculus. Dr. T. Dwight has given a detailed description of 
the skeleton in the possession of the Boston Natural-History Society, adding 
remarks on the classification of Fin- Whales. Mem. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 
1872, ii. pp. 203-230, with 11 woodcuts and 2 plates. 
Physeter. P. Fischer has compiled a list of the Cachalots known to have 
been stranded on the coasts of France. Journ. Zool. 1872, pp: 236-242. — A 
note on the same subject by Gervais, ibid. p. 637. 
Physeter macrocephalus. Additional notes on the occurrence of the 
Sperm-Whale in the Scottish Seas,” by Turner, Proc. R. Soc. Edinb. 187 j[- 
72, pp. 632-644, with woodcuts. 
Monodon monoceros. Prof. Turner has found that the Narwhal, at a very 
early stage of development, has four teeth in the upper jaw. Journ. Anat. 
& Phys. vii. pp. 76-79. 
Eelphinus delplm. A fostus, 0*10 m^tre long, noticed and figured by P. 
& H. Gervais, Journ. Zool. 1872, pp. 323 & 324, pi. 17. 
y Delphinus desmaresti (Risso). Note by Dr. Gray, A. k, M. N. H. 1872, x. 
p. 468. 
Lagenorhynchus clanculus. Notes on its external characters and skull, by Dr. 
Hector, A. & M. N. H. 1872, ix. pp. 436-438, with woodcut. 
Pseudorca, Glohiocephalns grayi (Burm.) is a distinct species of this genus. 
Burmeister, A. & M. N. H. 1872, x. pp. 51-64. — Prof. Reinhardt ishows that, 
hitherto, no characters have been pointed out by which this Dolphin could 
be distinguished from P, crassidens. Vid. Medd. 1872, pp. 96-108. 
Orca rectipinna (Cope). A Cetacean with a similar dorsal fin has been 
seen by Hoidsworth on the coast of Ceyloii. P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 583-586, with 
woodcut. 
Globiocephalus mncrorliynchm. Notes on a foetus by P. Fischer. Journ. 
Zool. 1872, pp. 273-276. * 
* At the time of the pfeparation of our last Record we were in possession 
of only a portion of Af. Gervais’s memoir (Zool. Rec. viii. p. 19). llowever, 
we have nothing to add to the notice then given, except that the memoir is 
illustrated by seven plates (3-9). 
1872. [vOL. IX.] 
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