Supplement to the catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum

by John Edward Gray

Balæna australis, Cuv., Oss. Foss. v. t. 25-27.

Balæna capensis, Gray, Synops. Whales & Dolph. t. 1. f. 3 (baleen).

Inhab. Cape of Good Hope.

2. Eubalæna Sieboldii.

Eubalæna Sieboldii, Gray, l. c. p. 96; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 1, t. 1. f. 2 (baleen).

Balæna japonica, Gray, Zool. Ereb. & Ter. p. 15, tab. 1*. fig. 2 (baleen).

Balæna alutiensis, Meyer; Van Beneden, Bull. Acad. Belgique, xx. 1866, no. 14. [Both from the North-west-Coast whalebone of commerce, which is quite distinct from the South-sea whalebone, brought from the Cape.]

Balæna japonica, Eschricht, Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. ser. 5. ix. p. 1, Kjöbenh. 1869, pl. 1 (skull of fœtus), pl. 2 (head); Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1870, vi. p. 202.

Inhab. Kamtschatka. Skeleton of fœtus 5¼ feet long, in Mus. Copenhagen.

See also the following doubtful species:—