Fauna aMericana. 301 



Soc. 1787. 0th. Fred. Muller, Faun. Groenland. 

 p. 40. Baleine a bee, Bonn. Cetolog. p. 8. No. 8. 

 Balanoptera acuto-rostrata, Lacep. Hist. Nat. des 

 Cetacees, p. 134. pi. 4. fig. 2. (Encycl. Cetolog. 

 pi. 4. fig. 1.) 



Char. Essent Both jaws pointed, the upper 

 shorter and narrower than the lower ; longitudinal 

 folds beneath the throat and belly ; corneous plates 

 short and whitish ; body above of a deep black, 

 beneath whitish, shaded with blackish spots. 



Dimensions. Total length twenty-seven or twen- 

 ty-eight feet. 



(For description vid. Bonnaterre.) 



M. Cuvier thinks this species is not clearly 

 ascertained to be different from the B. boops. 



Frequent the northern Atlantic, the shores of 

 both continents. 



