C26 I'liOCEEDIMiS OF rilK S.rnoNAL MUSEUM. 



"Mu8. Ad. Frid. I, p, 50" LINN^US, Museum Adolphi Frderici Eegis, 1764, p. 60. 



Through tlic kindnoss of Dr. A. W. Kcppol, lihiiiriiiii <>(' tlu', Limin-an 

 Society of Loiulou,! liavc received a tiiin.sciipt ol" the lui^esiii this work 

 which contain matter relating;' to cetaceans. It is sill on paj^es f)! and 

 52, and (his relerence innst Iherelbre he re};ar(h'<l as ii f;ilse one. What- 

 ever the species of wliich Linna-ns tonnd a specimen in tiie AdoI[)hus 

 Frederick Mnsenni, il is not likely to have been hisljoops. Furthernjore, 

 he- makes a, coirect rc^ference to the work nn(U'r vtusciilus, the 8i)eciea 

 which comes in'xt aiter Iio(>i)n. 



This (^xhansts all of Linna-us's synonyms and bil)lioj;rai)hical cita- 

 tions, and all of the matter referred to' has been shown to have its 

 orij;in in Sibbald's IMialainoloj^ia. It remains, therelbre, to examine 

 this work. 



The original (edition oT SibbahTs I'haiainolo^ia, pnblished in 1<)!)2, is a 

 very rare book. Indeed, 1 do not icnow that there is acoi)y in the United 

 Slates. It was re]»rinted in 177.'5, nnder the editorship of Tliotnas Pen- 

 nant. Then; is a. <"opy of this rejuint in the library of Harvard (JoUege, 

 which I have had the ])leasnre of exaininin<i;', through the courtesy of 

 the snperintciident of ciicnlation, Mr. Thomas ,]. Kiernan. Another 

 copy is in the lil)raiy of the Academy of Natural S(;iences, I'liihidelphia. 



The full title of the reprinted work (translated) is as Ibllows: " I'hai- 

 nologia ^ova : or, observations on certain of the rarer whales recently 

 stranded on the coast of Scotland: In which whales I'ccently observed 

 are divided amon<i- j^enera and species according to chara(;ters impressed 

 by Nature herself; some now described for the lirst time; errors in 

 descriptions also disidosed; and brief dissertations given on teeth, 

 spermaceti, and the origin of ambergris.''- 



lOxcluding the passages relating to writings of classical authors and 

 those containiiig the description of certain anatomical details, chapter 

 three of this work, beginning page G8, may be translated as follows: 



Cliiiptcr 111. He Halncna liiijiisiiiodi Trii)iiini (/uiv rostrtim ticutum hahel, iSplivax \n 

 I'ciili-c. 



Oil tlio ^^(^V(•ll((^clltll (lii.y 1)1' Novciiihcr, UiJK), tlio followinj; wlialo wa.s ciist iii> in :i 

 cortaiu bay to llio west ol' tlio harbor culled MriiutislaiKl, on ilio north Khoro of tlio 

 Firth of Forth: ' ' ' 



This ^onlark:lbh^ kind of .inimal wa.s distin^nisluxl li\' the very .shining' surfaco 

 of the body (as if il. were ca.st from llni nio.sl rolinod brasa), which was very long, 



' With tin- oxccittion JiiHt nH^utioncd. 



•rilAL.MNOLOtilA NOVA; | H1\K | OHSKKVATIONKS | 1)K | KAKIORIHUS 

 gi'llUlSDAM J5AL.ENIS | In 8(;OTLK IJTTUS inipor ejo(ti«:|IN (illlBl'S. | 

 nniit'r consiicidir |{.\Ii,FN.K ]ior (iciiora ».V | Spocica, aocniidiiin Charactorcs ab ips.i | 

 Natnia iiniirossoH, di.stiibmintnr ; | ([iia'dain nunc priiiiiiiu desciibiintiir; errorea 

 otiaiii I circadoacriiita.sdcfdiiuntnr; iV bnn'oado l)(>ntinm, | Spi^rniati.s Ct'ti, iV Ainbra" 

 Oria.f ortu, natiira A | nan, dissi-rtationoa traduiitnr. | — | [(luotationj | — | KDIN- 

 lUIK'Ol I Typis.IoaniiiaK'iMli, MDUXdl. | Vencnnt ainid M. K'OHEKTIIM KDWAIM), 

 vorbi diviiii ininiHtnun, in | vico dit-to, The UiNhop'x Land VIohh. \ Iteniin inipn's.'^i, 

 LOKDINl, I ajnid HKN.I. WIHTK, in Vico F he I at reel, MDCCLXXlll. 



8^\ pp. 1-1 (iiununibeicd), 1-105. ids. l-'S. 



