MAMMALIA. CETE. 22,23,24. 15 



losity on. the inside above the knee on the fore-ones, and another 

 juft under the knee on the hind-ones. 



45. E. 4sinus. Hoofs solid : over the shoulders a black- 

 ish cross : tail with long bristly hair at the ex- 

 tremity. 



2. The hybrid produce of a male Afs and a Mare. Mule. 



3. The hybrid produce of a Horfe and a female Afs. Uiany. 

 Afs. Shaw ZooL t. 216. Bu/on 4. t. 11. 



Body lefs and more clumfy than that of the horfe : head shorter 

 and thicker: ears slouching and reaching beyond the eyes: neck 

 thick : along the back a blackish ftripe which is crofsed by another 

 on the shoulders : tail tipped with long hair : legs with a naked cal- 

 losity on the inside above the knee on the fore-ones, but not on Che 

 hindroncs. 



22. SUS. Smne. 



46. S. Scrofa.. Body bristly on the fore-part : tail hairy. 



2. Hoofs undivided. 



Common Hog. Shaw ZooL t. 221, 222. Bujfon 5, t. 14, 16. 17. 



Body thick and clumsy : ears oblong, acute : fnout cartilaginous, 

 truncate : tail clothed with hairs, shorter than the hind legs. 



ORDER VI. CETE. 



23. MONODON. Nam/tal. 



47. M. Monoccros. 



Sea Unicorn. Saw. Brit. Mifcel. t. g. Shaw ZooL t. 225., 



Body 25 feet long, blackish on the back, white on the sides and 

 belly with black fpots and ftreaks gradually tapering to the tail: teeth 

 projecting through the upper jaw, fometimes one fometimes two, 

 about 7 feet and a half loiig,. taper, pointed, very hard, white or 

 yellowish-white, fpirally twisted, with a slight groove : mouth 

 rather fmall : front of the head very obtui'e and rounded : fpiraclt 

 doubled within : eyes fin.ill, blaek, placed about half way down: 

 tongue long : pectoral fins fmall, black : bach with the rudiment of a. 

 tin, and near the tail a hard ridge : tail with oblong lobes. 



24. BAL/ENA. Whale. 



48. B. Mysticelus. Spiracles serpentine, on the middle of 

 the head : back without fin. 



Common Whale. Shaw ZooL t. 226. Nat. Mifc. 4. t. 133. 



Body from 50 to 90 feet long, generally black above and white 

 beneath : head conftituting nearly a third part of the whole body ; 

 upper-jaw obtufe and much narrower than the lower ; lower-jaw 

 pointed, and broader in the middle : mouth immenfe, long, curved 

 like the lettery": tongue foft, adhering to the lower-jaw, white with 

 black fpots at the sides : upper-jaw furnished at the sides with a re- 

 gular feries of broad horny hairy plates, called Whalebone : eyes 

 fmall, placed near the angles of the month : Jpiracles feated on a 

 protuberance near together, and bent like the letter 5 : pectoral-fins 

 broad, painted, feated under the angles of the mouth : tail with 

 rather acute lobes, from the middle of which a sharpish ;;ngular 

 ridge runs up the middle of the back to about a third its length. 



49. B. Physalus. Spiracles on the middle of the head: 

 back with a fatly fin towards the lower extremity. 



Fin-fish. Shaw ZooL t. 227. Mart. Spitsb. p. 125. tab. 2. 



Body equal in length to the whale but much more slender, clear 

 brown on the upper-part, white below : lips brown, with numerous 

 oblique plaits like a twisted rope : upper-jaw furnished with lamina; 

 of whalebone, shorter and fmaller than in the whale, of a blue ish 

 colour ; fpiracles feated on a fmall prominence : eyes plac :ed far 

 afunder as in the last, near the angles of the mouth : pectoral-Jim *. 

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