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Show 1873.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON NEW-ZEALAND WHALES. 141 Baleena britannica, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1870, vol. vi. p. 200. Macleayius britannicus, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1870, vi. pp. 198, 204 ; Suppl. Cat. Seals and Whales, p. 46. Hab. British Channel?, L y m e Regis. This is probably a Mediterranean or temperate-ocean species, migrating to, or occasionally visiting the south coast of England, or subfossil. Fig. 5a. Cervical vertebra? of Halibalcena britannica (side view). Fig. 5 b. Cervical vertebras of Halibalcena britannica (back view). |