294 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



Species. 



1. Physeter macrocepkaliis^ Desm. Mamni. p. 

 524. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. 2. pi. 2. p. 49. pi. 228. 

 Cachalot macrocephale, Lacep. Hist. Nat. des 

 Cetacees, pi. 10. fig. 1. Grand cachalot, Bonn. 

 Cetolog. p. 12. No. 1. (Encycl. Cetolog. pi. 6. 

 fig. 1. et pi. 7. fig. 2.) 



Char- Essent. Inferior teeth to the number 

 of twenty or twenty-three on each side, recurved 

 and rather pointed at the extremity ; small coni- 

 cal teeth, concealed beneath the gum of the up- 

 per jaw ; tail very narrow and conical ; a longitu- 

 dinal eminence or false fin on the back, above 

 the anus ; body blackish beneath, or a slate blue, 

 slightly spotted with white ; belly whitish. 



Dimensions. Total length forty-five or sixty 

 feet. 



Description. For description, see Cetologie of 

 Bonnaterre. 



Note. — (According to M. Cuvier, the blowing 

 hole is single but not symmetrical, being directed 

 to the left side. It is said that the left eye is 

 much smaller than the right.) 



Inhabit the North Sea. 



Species. 



2. Physeter trumpo, Desm. Mamm. p. 524. 

 (Encycl. Cetolog. pi. 8. fig. 1.) Cetus J\ov{B An- 



