160 CATALOGUE OF THE MAMMALIA OF 
must refer the reader to a paper by Dr. Geo. Johnston, in the 
Transactions of the Nat. Hist. Soc. of Northumberland and 
Durham, vol. I. 6. The specimen from which the figure and 
description are drawn was taken at Berwick, in September, 1829. 
It was a female, and measured 35 or 36 feet in length and 24 
feet in greatest circumference. 
In this paper he says, “ Whales of this description annually 
visit our coasts in the autumn; enticed from their proper residence 
in the north by the appearance of the herring fry, on which they 
chiefly prey. A few weeks previous to the above date, an 
individual, which measured 58 feet in length, was thrown on 
Holy Island; and a few years ago, another, considerably larger, 
was exhibited at Eyemouth. They afford little oil in proportion 
to their size, and their whalebone is short, so that the carcase is 
of little value. The one I have described, sold for £17 2s. 6d. 
The blubber was firm, nearly four inches in thickness, and 
yielded, I have been informed, about eighteen gallons of very 
inferior oil. 
On opening the stomach, six cormorants were found in it, and 
another in the throat, so that it was presumed that the whale 
was choked in the attempt to swallow the bird.” 
III. BALZZNOPTERA, Lacep. 
(PTEROBALZENA, Eschricht.) 

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1. B. rostrata, Miller. Pree WuHats. Fin-BpackeD WHALE. 
Balenoptera rostrata; Hunter, Phil. Trans., vol. 77, p. 
373, t. 20—23; Gray, Cat. Cet. 832; B. Boops, Albert. 
Icon. Anal. 1822; Rorgualus Boops, F. Cuv. Cet. 321. 

