556 ON THE CETACEANS OF THE GREENLAND SEAS. [NoV. 12, 



nation of some individuals of a drove which came into the Frith of 

 Forth in the spring of 1867 (Journ. Anat. and Phys. 1867, and 

 Proc. Roy. Phys. See. Edin. 1866-67 ined.)*. 



15. Hyperoodon bxjtzkof, Lacep. 



Monodon spurius, O. Fah. Faun. Groenl. p. 31. no. 19. 



Chcenocetus rostratus (Miill.), Eschr. Undersog. over Hvaldyr. 

 4''« Afh. 1845 ; Reinhardt, Tillseg til en Beskrevet af Grouland 

 (Rink), p. 11. 



Popular names. — Bottle-nose or Bottlie (English whalers) ; 

 Nabbhval (Scandinavians) ; ^«</arMe/?a ( Icelanders) ; D'ugling (Faroe- 

 islanders) ; Anarnak (Greenlanders). 



This is undoubtedly the Monodoyt spurius of Fabricius, that 

 author having made the not uncommon mistake of describing the 

 upper for the lower jaw. As it is a rare animal on the Greenland 

 coast, Fabricius could have been but little acquainted with it. The 

 Whale is only seen about the mouth of Davis Strait, swimming 

 in threes or fours ; it is occasionally captured by them, as one will 

 yield as much oil as a Narwhal. One ship's crew some years ago 

 killed fifteen of them, and the oil was represented to me as mixing 

 well with spermaceti, and selling for the same price, viz. 10s. 6c?. 

 per gallon. 



16. Hyperoodon latifrons. Gray. 



Lagenocetus latifrons. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 241. 



This species is known from skulls and skeletons from various 

 museums, and as an Arctic animal from a skull brought from "Green- 

 laud" by Capt. Wareham, and now in the Newcastle Museum. 

 Greenland, however, is a loose term ; but from what I have said as to 

 the range and habits of H. hutzkof, we may safely conclude that it 

 was obtained in Davis Strait. 1 am not aware that we have any 

 external characters to separate it from the preceding, but yet the 

 apparently constant distinction presented by the skull would lead us 

 to believe in its distinctness. Therefore, though we may not go so 

 far as Eschricht in believing it to be the male of H. hutzkof, yet we 

 must hesitate before joining in tbe opinion of even such an expe- 

 rienced zoologist as Dr. Gray as to its claim to generic rank. 



* In the Society's ' Proceedings' for 1853, p. 103, there is a notice of a paper 

 " On the Capture of Delphinus orca in South Greenland," by M. Rehiiller, in 

 whicli it is said that tlie number taken at Westmaiihavn since 1843 was 2200, 

 whereas between 1819 find 1843 there were only 280. This additional capture, 

 amounting in the aggregate to the yaUie of £4000 sterling, was described as being 

 due to the introduction of nets. Now there is no such place as " \Vestn)auhavn " 

 in Greenland, and I question if 2200 Orcas have ever been killed in Greenland 

 since the beginning of time. Apparently the notice refers to the capture of Glo- 

 biocephaius in the Faroe Islands. 



