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 OVK ivffx^^VO'f'ai ^pax^cnv oi'5' e/s revayoi ij Tiva iropdnbv 

 (KirefftiTai dvffi^ooov. For stranded Whales in Greece cf. 

 H. i. 368 n. In Scotland a remarkable case occurred in 

 1927, when a vast number of Whales {Pseudorca cra.tsidens 

 or False Killer) were stranded at Dornoch. The species 

 had not been seen ahve for 80 years. Scottish Naturalist, 

 1927, pp. 161 f, 



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