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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 may 

 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 

 a series 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 

 being much longer, but, as Beale observes, when speaking of the 

 figures 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 

 flenching or peeling it. It agrees with Beale's in proportions. It 

 was caught in the North Pacific, near Point Angles, on the coast 

 of Mexico. This figure escaped Cuvier's researches. 



Purchas says the Sperm Whale is found at Bermuda, where it 

 is called Trwnpo, a name which Lacepede 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 

 jaw, 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 

 with its mouth it invariably assumes a reversed posture, carrying 

 the lower jaw above the object it is attempting to bite. Bennett, 

 I. c. 176 ; see also Beale, Hist. Sperm Whale, 159, and fig. at 154. 



1. CATODON MACROCEPHALUS. NORTHERN SPERM WHALE. 

 Black, becoming whitish below. 



Trumpo, Phil. Trans, i. 132. 



Physeter Trumpo, Bonnat. Get. 14. t. 8 ; Fischer, Syn. Mam. 518. 



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