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near to Greenland. They are also found in the 

 northern Atlantic ocean; they descend even to 

 the thirtieth degree. Martin observed one of 

 this species in the straits of Gibraltar, in 1673. 



Species. 



2. Balatna boops, Linn. Syst. Nat. edit. 10. 

 Erxleb. Gmel. Jubartes, Klein, Miss. pise. 2. p. 

 13. Jupiter-Jisch, Anderson, Island, p. 220. Ba- 

 leine a miiseau pointu, balcena tripinnis ventre ru- 

 goso, rostro acuto^ Briss. Regn. Anim. p. 355. No. 

 7. Baleinoptere jubarte, Lacep. Hist. Nat. des 

 Cetacees. p. 120. pi. 4. fig. 1. (Encycl. Cetolog. 

 pi. 3. fig. 2.) 



Char. Essent. Nucha elevated and rounded ^ 

 snout prolonged, broad and rather rounded ; lon- 

 gitudinal folds beneath the throat and belly ; tu- 

 berosities nearly hemispherical, situated anterior 

 to the blowing holes; dorsal fin curved back- 

 wards. 



Dimensions. Total length, from fifty-one to 

 fifty-four feet. 



(For description, vid. Bomiaterre, loc. cit.) Its 

 range is principally about the Greenland seas, 

 and Iceland. According to Lacepede, they visit 

 both hemispheres. They pass the winter in the 

 high seas, and visit the shores during summer. 



Species. 



3. * Balmia rostrata. Hunter. Trans. Philos. 



