THE DEDUCTOR, OR CA*ING WHALE. 219 



others crowd to the spot as if for its relief. We 

 believe it is this circumstance which has procured 

 for it the name of Ca'ing, that is, Calling Whale. 



Cuvier mentions, respecting those captured in 

 Bretagne in 1812, that the flesh was soft, but that 

 it was used as food by the poor in the neighbour- 

 hood, for about a fortnight, and was used without 

 any inconvenience. 



Risso states that individuals of this species an- 

 nually visit the neighbourhood of Nice in the months 

 of May and June. Upon the whole they rarely 

 approach the shore, and after a short time they ap- 

 pear to migrate. His description, though generally 

 agreeing, does not perfectly correspond with that 

 which we have given above. (Hist. Nat. &c. t. iii. 

 p. 33.) 



THE GLOBICEPHALUS RISSII. 



PLATE XVIII. 

 Globicephalus of Risso, Lesson Delphinus Rissii, Cuv. 



THE accompanying plate exhibits a specimen of the 

 only other ascertained species belonging to this ge- 

 nus. M. Risso se.nt an account of it from Nice, 

 with a drawing, in 1811, to Paris; when Cuvier, 

 satisfied it was distinct, affixed to it the name of this 

 modest and devoted naturalist. In addition to the 

 generic characters, which we need not repeat, we 

 remark that the shape, the colour, the appearance of 

 the head and snout, and fins, may be perceived by 



