302 Notice of a Cetaceous Animal. 
extremity of that member in a point, where the two lobes are sepa- 
rated by a small indentation. Or this appearance may have been 
produced in that particular individual by some extraneous and acci- 
dental cause ; which idea we are more inclined to adopt, as the ac- 
complished toes to whom we are ia for that notice, had 
no opportunity of examining the animal in ; 
The specific description of Cuvier will ctieey distinguish our 
new acquaintance, or we may employ the short specific phrase Puo- 
C#NA cLopicers. Head very globular, carina extending to the i> 
tremity of the tail; pectorals long and slender. 
Occasional habitat. Shores of the Eastern States. 
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Synonyms. 
mesaeer: globiceps. Cuv.: Ann. Mus. tom. XIX, pl. 1, ie 2. 
Ca-ing Whale. Neill’s Tour i in the Orkneys. 
Delphnis —— Schreber, pl. 345, fig. 2 and 3. 
Delphinus melas. Traill.: Nicholson’s Jour., Vol. XXII, pe al. 
Delphinus deductor. Scoresby: Arctic pads I, p. 496, pl. 
Dauphin a téte ronde. Desmarest: Mammalogie, p. 519. 
Delphinus intermedius. Harlan: Jour. Acad. Nat. Se. of Phila- 
delphia, Vol. VI, p. 51, pl. 1. 
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The following are the dimensions of the animal as. a 
John Glover, Esq., Dr. Blakeman, of Greenfield Hill, and W- — 
son. ‘The above drawing was taken upon the pets pee 
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se The following notice REA: at the time, in the public papers. 
A whale ashore.—On Friday last, a whale of the grampus § ra de 
ashore on Fairfield Beach, ai three miles from Bridgeport, Conn. He ™ 
was first SeOnneee Sr eeeeee we -® gunning in the neighborhood, W2@" 
was in full vigor, and made a aah in tea shallow water that almost ett 
the roar of a cataract, Photinels flocked from all quarters to see the self-imp 
ed monster. 
