298 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



Description. Vid. Bonnaterre, loc. cit. 



Habit. Wheii this species swims on the sur- 

 face of the water, all parts of the body are im- 

 merged, excepting the top of the back and blowing 

 holes ; they are very active and fierce, which ren- 

 ders them very difficult to capture. 



Inhabit that part of the northern Atlantic situ- 

 ated between Spitzbergen, Norwegia, and Ice- 

 land, the seas of Greenland. 



Species, 



3. Balcena nodosa, Bonnaterre, Cetologie, p. 5. 

 No. 4. Briss. Regn. Anim. p. 351. No. 3. Plok- 

 Jisch, Anderson, Island, p. 224. Crantz, Groen- 

 land. p. 146. Dudley Philos. Trans. No. 387. p. 

 256. Art. 2. BalcBiia gibbosa, Var. B. (Novae 

 Anglise,) Gmel. Baleine noueuse, Lacep. Hist. 

 des Cetacees, p. 3. 



Char. Essent. A prominence on the back, 

 slightly inclined backwards, and situated near the 

 tail; pectoral fins white, very long and distant 

 from the end of the snout. Described by Bonna- 

 terre. 



Frequent the coast of New England. 



Species. 



4. Bal^na gibbosa, Bonnaterre Cetolog. Ba- 

 laena gibbis, vel nodis sex. Balcena mcera, Klein. 

 Miss. pise. 2. p. 13. ^ Baleine a six bosses, Briss 



