The Whale.'] OF ORKNEY. 15? 



CLASS IV.-FISHES. 



DIVISION LCETACEOUS. 



GENUS I. CETACEOUS FISH. 



Gen. CAar. Cetaceous fish, without teeth, with horny lamina 1 in their mouths. 



Species 1. The Common Whale. 



Balaena vulgaris edentula, dorso non pinnato, Rail Syn. Pise. 6. Balaena, 

 Rondelet. Wil. Icth. 351. Balaena Mysticetus, Lin. Sys. 105. Balaena ma- 

 jor, laminas corneas in superiore maxilla habens, fistula donata, bipinnis, Sib. 

 Phal Brit.Zool.S5. 



Nor undelighted by the boundless Spring 

 Are the broad monsters of the foaming deep 

 From the deep ooze and gelid cavern rous'd, 

 They flounce and tumble with unwieldy joy. 



Thomson. 



THIS vast animal has now, in a great measure, taken its 



