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

by John Edward Gray

†† The lateral rings of the cervical vertebræ shorter than the diameter of the bodies of the vertebræ.—Gray, l. c. p. 374; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 2.

3. Physalus patachonicus.

Physalus patachonicus, Gray, l. c. p. 374, figs. 76-86; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 2.

Inhab. River Plata.

4. Physalus brasiliensis.

B.M.

Physalus brasiliensis, Gray, l. c. p. 162.

Balænoptera brasiliensis, Gray, Zool. Ereb. & Ter. p. 5.

Inhab. Bahia.

“Mystica differs from the norwega in having the back black and the belly and throat furrowed. Sometimes there are white spots on the side.