The Whale.-} OF ORKNEY. 1.57 



CLASS IV.-FISHES. 



DIVISION L— CETACEOUS. 



GENUS J.— CETACEOUS FISH. 



Gen. Char.— Cetaceous fish, without teeth, with horny laminae in their mouths. 



Species 1. — The Common Whale.- 



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Balsena vulgaris edentula, dorso non pinnato, Rait S^n. Pise. 6. Balaena, 

 Rondelet. JVil. Icth. 351. Balaena Mysticetus, Lin. Sys. 105. Balaena ma- 

 jor, laminas corneas in superiore maxilla habens, fistula donata, bipiunis. Sib. 

 Phal. Brit. Zool. 35. 



Nor undelighted by the boundless Spring 

 Are the broad monsters of the foaming deep : 

 From the deep ooze and gelid cavern rous'd. 

 They flounce and tumble with unwieldy joy. 



Thomson. 



This vast animal has now, in a great measure, taken its 



