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PIKE-HEADED MYST1CETE. 



Balaena Boops. B. fistula dupUci in rostra, dor so extremo protu- 

 bcrantia cornea. Ua\. Syst. Nat. p. 106. Artedi. Gen. 77. 

 Syn. 107. 



Whale with double spiracle on the snout, and a horny protube- 

 rance on the hind part of the back. 



Balaena tripinnis, ventre rugoso, rostro acuto. Briss. Regn. 

 Anim. p. 355. n. 7. 



Jupiterfisch. Anders, isl. p. 220. Cram. Groenl. p. 146. 



Pike-headed Whale. Pennant Brit. Zool. i. p. 50. DaleHarvc. 

 p. 410.71.3. 



THIS species measures fifty feet or more in 

 length, and is found both in the northern and 

 southern ocean. It is of a moderately slender 

 form, but somewhat thick on the fore parts, and 

 its colour is black above and white beneath : the 

 upper part of the belly is marked by numerous 

 longi f udinal plaits or wrinkles, the insides of 

 which are of a red colour. The head is mode- 

 rately large, and of a gradually tapering form, 

 yet ending in a somewhat broad or obtuse tip. It 

 has a double spiracle or blow-pipe on the head, 

 the holes of which are approximated, and which 

 it can close in such a manner by a common oper- 

 culum, as to appear single : before the nostrils, on 

 the head, are three rows of circular convexities : 

 the lower jaw is rather narrower than the up- 

 per: the eyes are situated beyond the spiracles, 

 on each side the head : the ears consist of very 

 minute apertures behind the eyes: in the upper 

 jaw are very numerous laminae of whalebone, not 



