402 A COENISH FAUNA. 



E.ABBIT. — Lepus cuniculus. 

 Jenyns, p 35 ; Bell, p 428, 2nd ed., p 343 ; Blasius, p 427 ; Clermont, p 129. 

 Common. "A black variety is sometimes seen, but this 

 peculiarity is not propagated as in the white hare above men- 

 tioned." 



CETACEA MTSTACOCETI. 



Common Eorqxjal. — Balcenoptera musculus. 

 Jenyns, p 47 ; Bell, p 520, 2nd ed., p 343 ; Blasius, p 534 ; Clermont, p 160. 

 " Specimens of the Razor-back are seen upon the Cornish coast 

 every year feeding upon the smaller gregarious fishes. A speci- 

 men was cast up at Falmouth, in 1863, and the skeleton is now, 

 or was recently, at the Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill. 

 Another at Plymouth, in 1831, which had been observed fre- 

 quenting the Cornish coast in pursuits of herrings for some time 

 previously. 



Sibbald's Hohqv at,.— '■Balcenoptera sihaldi. 

 Bell, 2nded., p 402. 

 " Eare." One at Cadgwith, near the Lizard. It was 65 feet 

 long, 24 inches in circumference, and the breadth of the caudal 

 fin 13 feet. Dr. Bullmore. 



Beaked Whaee. — Balcena rostrata. 

 Bell, 2nd ed., p 411 ; Jenyns, p 47 ; Blasius, p 535. 

 A specimen brought into Polperro, by the mackerel boats, 

 May, 1850. Dr. Bullmore. 



OBONTOCETI. 



Sperm Whale. — Fhyseter macrocephalus. 



Bell, 2nd ed., p 415; Blasius, p 532 ; Clermont, 157. 



A whale, supposed to be of this species, is sometimes seen off 



the Cornish coasts, says Mr. Couch, sailing rapidly along at a 



uniform elevation in ttie water, with its slender but elevated fin 



above the surface, while the body is concealed below. 



Humped Blower. — PTiyseter polycyplius. 

 At to this species I can only quote what is said by Mr. Couch. 

 " I have unfortunately omitted to note the proper reference to any 

 authority for the use of the trivial name here given, and which 

 I had an opportunity of verifying, in a volume belonging to the 

 Library of the Zoological Society of London. One specimen ran 

 itself ashore in pursuit of small fish several *years since; and 

 another was seen and minutely described to me by an intelligent 



