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Northern and Southern kinds, we shall find them distinct. Wish- 
‘ing to call attention to this subject for future examination, I ma 
‘observe that Beale (N. H. Sperm Whale, 22. f. 1, 14) describes 
the Southern Sperm Whale as grey. Female one-fifth the size 
and bulk of the males, more slender and large in proportion. 
Young black, skin thicker. Varies sometimes black and grey 
‘mottled. 
— Quoy gives an engraving of a drawing of a Sperm Whale, which 
was given him by an English captain, which is probably the South- 
‘ern Whale. He calls it Physeter polycyphus (and Desmoulin re- 
names it P. australis), because its back appears to be broken into 
‘aseries of humps by cross ridges. In this particular it agrees 
with the Scrag Whale of Dudley (on which Bonnaterre established 
his B. gibbosa); but it cannot be that animal, as Dudley says it 
is a Whalebone Whale. Quoy’s figure differs from Beale’s in 
emg much longer, but, as Beale observes, when speaking of the 
es of the Northern kind, this is the common fault of all the 
drawings of the Sperm Whales. 
Beale (Hist. Sperm. Whale, 8vo, 1839) and Bennett (Narrat. 
‘Whaling Voyage, 1840, 8vo, ii. 153) give a long account of the 
habits, the mode of catching, &c. of the South Sea Sperm Whale. 
 Colnet, in his Voyage, p. 80. f. 9 (copied by Brandt and Ratze- 
burg, t. 14. f. 3) gives a very good figure of a Sperm Whale, 15 
feet long, from measurements; with details of the manner of 
fienching or peeling it. It agrees with Beale’s in proportions. It 
was caught in the North Pacific, near Pomt Angles, on the coast 
‘of Mexico. This figure escaped Cuvier’s researches. 
iv Purchas says the Sperm Whale is found at Bermuda, where it 
is called Trumpo, a name which Lacepéde applied to the northern 
‘animal. An anonymous writer in the Phil. Trans. i.132, and Dud- 
ley, describe them as found on the east coast of North America. 
_ The Japanese distinguish three varieties of this animal, accord- 
‘ing to their size. They live in herds on the Japanese coast.— 
Faun. Japon. 
_ Owing to the great projection of the snout beyond the lower 
(i it may be requisite for this whale to turn on its side or back 
‘to seize its more bulky prey. When the animal attacks a boat 
og its mouth it invariably assumes a reversed posture, carrying 
the lower jaw above the object it is attempting to bite.— Bennett, 
:. 176; see also Beale, Hist. Sperm Whale, 159, and fig. at 154. 
wae” 
i CATODON MACROCEPHALUS. NorRTHERN SPERM WHALE. 
i Black, becoming whitish below. 
umpo, Phil. Trans. i. 132. . 
Physeter Trumpo, Bonnat. Cet. 14.t.8; Fischer, Syn. Mam. 518. 
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