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1773. SIBBALD, ROBERT. Phalainologia nova; | sive | Observations | de | rarioribus 

 quibusdam Bahenis | In Scotise Littus nuper ejectis: | in quibus, | nupcr con- 

 spectse Bakenue per Genera & | Species, secundum Characteres ab ipsa | Natura 

 impressos, distribuuntur; | qusedam nunc primum describuntur; crrores 

 etiam | circa descriptas deteguntur ; & breves de Dentium, | Spermatis Ceti, 

 & AmbraB Grisese ortu, natura & \ usu, dissertatio^es traduntur. | [By Sir 

 Robert Sibbald. Edited by Thomas Pennant.'j | 

 Mirac'lum ponti narrant ingentia Cete | 

 Viribus invictis, & vasta mole moventur. | 

 In littus pauca exiliunt, quce corpore vasto | 

 Stint. | Oppianus de Pise. lib. I. | | 



Edinburgi, | Typis Joannis Redi, M DC XCII. | Veneunt apud M. Ro- 

 bertum Edward, verbi divini ministrum, in | vico dicto, The Bishop's Land 

 Gloss. | Iterum iinpressi, Londini, | Apud Benj. White, in Vico Fleet-Street. 

 MDCCLXXIII. 8. 11. 2, p. 1-105, tal>b. 1-3. 



Observationes de Balaenis quibusdam in Scotise Littus nuper ejectis. Praefatio. De Balaenis 

 in Genere, pp. 7-14. Sectio prima. De Balsenis, quae Dentes in Ore habent, minoribus. 

 Praefatio de Dentatis in Genere, pp. 15-17. Caput i. De Balaenis Minoribus in utraquo Ma- 

 xilld Dentatis, quae Orcae vocantur, pp. 17-24. Caput ii. De Balsenis Minoribus in Inferiore 

 Maxilld tantum Dentatis, sine Pinnd, aut Spina in Dorso, pp. 24, 25. Caput iii. DC Baloenis 

 omnium Minimis, incertaj Classis, pp. 25, 26. Sectio secunda. De Balcenis Majoribus, in Infe- 

 riore Maxilla tantum Dentatis. Praefatio de hujusmodi Bakcnis in genere, pp. 27-30. Caput 

 i. De Balaena Macrocephald quae Binas tantum Pinnas Laterales habet, pp. 30-33. Caput ii. 

 De BalsenA Macrocephala, quce Tertiara in Dorso Pinnam sive Spinam habet, & dentcs in Ma- 

 xilla inferiore Arcuatos Falciformis, pp. 33-43. Caput iii. De Balaena Macrocephala Tripinni, 

 quse in mandibuia inferiore dentes habet minus inflexos, & in planum desincntes, pp. 43-45. 

 Caput iv. De Spennate Ceti, pp. 45-52. Caput v. De oleo quod ex his Belluis paratur, pp. 

 52-54. Caput vi. De Dentibus harum Balaenarum, *pp. 54-57. Sectio iii. Do Balaenis Majori- 

 bus Laminas Corneas in Superiore Maxillfi habentibus. Praefatio. De hnjusmodi Belluis in 

 genere, pp. 58-64. Caput i. De Balaenis hujusmodi Bipinnibus, tarn quae carent fistuld, quam 

 quae earn habent, pp. 64-66. Caput ii. De Balaenis Tripinnibus, quae narcs habent, in genere, 

 pp. 67-68. Caput iii. De Baleens; hnjusmodi Tripinni qua? rostrum acutum habet, &, plicas in 

 Ventre, pp. 68-78. Caput iv. De Balaend Tripinni qua? maxillam inferiorem rotundam, & su- 

 periore multo latiorem habuit, pp. 78-84. Caput v. De Balaena hujusmodi praegnmdi in littus 

 Bofinae nuper ejecta, pp. 84, 85. Caput vi. De laminis corneis, de plicis, & de oleo hv.jusmodi 

 Belluaruin, pp. 85-93. Appendix. De iis quae Balaenis communia sunt. Proefatio, pp. 94, 95. 

 Caput i. De Pinguedine Balaenarum, p. 96. Caput ii. De Came harum Belluarum, p. 97. 

 Caput iii. De Balaenarura priapo, p. 97. Caput iv. De Ambr.1, Grised, pp. 98-104. Caput 

 ultimum. De tempore quo Balaenas maxime conspiciuntur, pp. 104, 105. 



Tab. 1. Balaena Macrocephala. Balasna cum laminis corneis in ore. Vertebrae caudae, etc. 



Tab. 2. Lamina cornea cum pilis. Dens Orcse. Dens Balaense Macrocephala) Orcadcnsis. 

 Dens Macrocephalae falciformis, etc. 



Tab. 3. Baleena tripinnis maxilla inferiore rotunda. 



Plate i, upper figure, is a very faulty representation of Fhysetcr macroccphalus, the blow- 

 hole being at the posterior part of the head and the upper jaw rather small and pointed. 

 Plate i, lower figure, is a better representation of a Finner Whale, probably Dalcenoptcra ros- 

 trata. Plate ii, fig. of a blade of baleen of a Finner whale, of a much worn tooth, and a young 

 tooth of Physeter macrocephaltis, etc. Plate iii, probably Physalvs antiquorum. 



The edltio princeps of Sibbald's " Phalainologia " (which I have been unable to see) ap- 

 peared in 1692 (4, Edinburgh). The early systematists trusted implicitly in Sibbald, who 

 unfortunately described diiferent examples of the common Cachalot as different species, 

 resulting in the introduction into systematic zoology of several nominal species, which were 

 not effectually weeded out till comparatively late in the present century. The confusion 

 resulting from Sibbald's work may be considered as more than balancing the much really 

 new information he contributed to the subject. This is perhaps less his fault than that of 

 later compilers, who knew too little of the subject of which he wrote to have any power of 

 discrimination, or even, in some cases, to understand the author whom they blindly followed. 

 (O/. Eschricht, "Kecent Memoirs on the Cetacea," Ray Soc., 1866, pp. 161-163.) [325.] 



1774. ANON. The | Journal of a Voyage | undertaken by order of | His present Ma- 

 jesty, | For making Discoveries towards the | North Pole, | by the | Hon. 

 . Commodore Phipps, | and | Captain Lutwidge, | in His | Majesty's Sloops | 

 Racehorse and Carcase. | To which is prefixed, | An Account of the several 



