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nothing further but certain synonyms (which we shall consider in order) 

 and the remark "lives in the Northern Ocean." 



It is clear that Linmcus's diagnosis is not sufficient for the identifica- 

 tion of the species, and if the proper use of the name hoops is to be 

 ascertained at all it will be through the synonyms, which are as follows: 



"Art. gen. 77" = ARTEDI, Genera Piscium, 1738, p. 77. 



Upon turning to the place cited, we find the following: 



3. Balama Jistnla dnpUci in rosiro, protuherantia curniformi in ertremo dorno. Art. 

 Sjiii. 107. 



lialava Iripiunix, naren hahenx, cum rostro [«c«/o] .'i- jjlicis in rentre. Sibhald. liaij 

 p. IG. 



Anno 1690. d. 17. Novcmbris iu sinum quendam portus Brimtisland, in Int.aro 

 :istiiarii Foitbii' Boreiili in Scotia, ejecta fiiit. 



Rostrum rcspectn ad congeneres acutuni. Plicae in ventre adsnnt. Lonj^fitndo 46 

 podum. 



Fistula- nasifornies ab apice rostri 6 pedca & 8 pollicfs lonf^a' & sopto divi.sie. 

 Ocnli exigui. ' 



It is evident that this entire matter was extracted from Sibbald's 

 Phalainologia. The whale "stranded on the 17th of November, IG90," 

 is one figured and described in detail in tliat work. 



Art. "83m. 107 " = ARTEDI, Synonymia Nominum Piscium, 1738, p. 107. 



The species here referred to is described in full, as follows: 



3. Balana fistula diiplici in rostro, protuherantia cornuiformi in exiremo dorso. Art. 

 Bala'na tripinnia nares habens, cum rostro acuto if pUcis in ventre. Sibbald. 

 Raj. p. 16. 



It is evident that this is merely a repetition of the diagnosis given by 

 Artedi in the Genera Piscium, and which he extracted from Sibbald's 

 work. 



"Balaena tripinnis nares habens cum rostro acuto & plicis in ventre. Eaj. pise. 16' = 

 RAY, Synopsis Methodica Piscium, 1713, p. 16. 



The account given in the place cited above begins thus: 



8. Balauia tripinnis, nares tiabens, cnm rostro acuto & plicis in ventre. 

 Anno 1690, Xovemh. 17, in sinum qneudain ad occasuni Portus Jiruvtixland dicti, in 

 latere jestuarii Forthce Boreali ejecta fuit bujusniodi Bellua. 



This is likewise an abbreviation, with some paraphrasing, of the 

 account by Sibbald of the whale stranded on November 17, 1090, in 

 the Firth of Forth. Artedi, in turn, in 1738 copied the description of 

 this same whale from Sibbald, as we Lave seen. 



' Tranxlation. — 3. A whale with a double blowhole in tlie snout ; a horn-shaped pro- 

 tuberance at the end of the back. Artedi, Synonymia Nominum Piscium, p. 107. 



A whale with three fins, having nostrils; with [an acute] snout and with folds in 

 the belly. Sibbald. Ray, p. 16. 



This was stranded on the 17th of November, 1690, in a certain bay of the harbor 

 of Brnntisland, on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Scotland. 



The snout, iu comparison with its congeners, acute. Folds present on the Ix-lly. 

 Length, 46 feet. 



Nariform blowholes feet froiu the tiji of the snout and 8 inches long and divided 

 by a septum. Eyes small. 



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