7V/ A 1 RORQL'AL WHALB. 



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- lower | art i.f tin- iiidiith into a kiml <if huge jHiurli. which is rabble of containing* very 

 lurp- \olume nf water and marine :iiiiin:ils. The ton-lie is not iii-| .low n as in the (ireeiihind 

 Whale, Init is free towards tin- ap.'\. and almost its c;i|il.l.- of IIKIM-IIH-III as thai of mail. 



It i^ a native of the seas that u.i-h the coast ulaii'l. an<l i> in' t iiin-w Been new 



Ir.-laii.l aii-l .Norwa\ . drs. .-ndiM- I'M! lan-l v into wanner latitudes. Tin- lli->ll of this animal in 

 in soliif it-put.' I'.. i it- .! lie -a. \ . a n< I i- thi-n-fon 1 n 111 '. . ..-. . t.-. I h\ I h.- liativci ..! thiw I I'M III- i li 



:,'..i, iii- I't:. \ !" IU)t, |IIW-VT, iittvmjil to i I'IKXIII thl OH itaVB, M I HA "I n- |BMl 



a<-ti\ity, Imt coiili-nt tlifiiis.-lv.-s \\itli tattottBg W?M WOiind.s with tlicir <larl> ami sjH-ar?*, in 

 tht- IIOJH-S that the wounded animal may die, ami ma\ in tiin- In- .stnuuliNl on tln-ir -oa>t.s. 

 Tin- <iil \\hirh it fiiruUht* is said to be |rticularly ili-lirat.-. 



Tin- 1'ik.- Whale feeds not only on th- litil.- < natures tlial form the IMH| <>t th> 



PIKK WHALB.-, 



\Vhal.-. I. nt rha.s.-s and kills the active ssilmon and other fish. In the -tonia<-h of one of the*.- 

 animals liave been found the remains of various fish, those of the dnp-ti-li ln-iim tlie most 

 prevalent. The head of this species is elongate] and rather flattened, and the throat and chest 

 an- furnished with \ery deep longitudinal folds, which are capable of dilatation to a great 

 extent. 



At the extremity of the snout there are eurht distim-t bristles, aminp-d in ] K>rpMdkabf 

 rows on the top of each jaw. It has been called by a great nuinU-r if name* l>y different 

 \\iit.-i-s. and is mentioned by various authors under no less than s.-v.-nte.-n distiiu-t titles. 

 The i-olor of this animal is Mark HIM.II the II].|M-I j.arts of the Imdy. and white <m the abdo- 

 m.-ii. iinire<l with a reddish line. The pectoral tin is almost entirely dark, but dump* into 

 white on its ii]i]M-r surface, near its Las.-. 



The name Baln-nopt.-ra signifies Finned- Whale," and is given to the animal on account 

 of the size of the pectoral fins. 



A GIANT among giant forms, the hup- H.>I:.;I u. rooms the Arctic 

 molested by the hunter, and scarcely ever captured. 



at will, seldom 



