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1T81 UF.1E. 



Balarna Muw-ulus. 1L fittula dupKci M fronle, maxilla inferior* 

 mullo latiort. Lin. .Sjp>. A<//. p. 226. Artcdt. G'm. 78. 

 107. 



\VhJe with double sjiiracle on the front, and lower jaw much 

 wider than the upj*r. 



Balarna tripinnis, vcntre rugose, rostro rotundo. I}riu. Rtgn. 

 Amm. p. 353. n. f\ 



Round-lij>j>ed Whale. Pennant Brit. Xuol. p. 53. 



THIS is a native of the northern seas, and M c 

 much allied to the Pike-headed Mystiecte. hut 

 jrrou-s to a iiiiirh iai^cr si/t-, having him found, 

 it is said, of the lengtfeof seventy<<eighl it-i-t, mea- 

 suring tliiiry-li\(.' fort in "irtli; tin- head i> la 

 tin- mouth very uidr ; the louc r li|> much hro 

 than tin- UJJJHT, and M niit'ircnlarly tuiiied at its 

 extremity, while the upper is somewhat sharp or 

 pointed at the tip. The lamiir.e of whalebone are 

 hlac-k, and short in proportion to the .si/c of the 

 animal, the longest not measuring m<> 



i : the spiracle is' double and plaeed on 

 the I Me belly is marked by plaits or furrows 



as in tin 1 I /><*/. and on the lower j).i: 



the back is a fatty tin. The colour of this sp< 

 is black above and white beneath. In the year 

 1692 a specimen \\.i> takc-n on the coast of > 

 land. Its dimm-ions were as above described ; 

 the tono-m- measured fifteen f it t and a half in 

 length, and the two spout-holes on the forehead 

 were of a pyramidal form ; the pectoral (ins ten 

 fret long, and the tail eighteen feet broad. 



