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J^otice 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 naturalist to whom we are indebted for that notice, had 

 no opportunity of examining the animal in person. 



The specific description of Cuvier will perfectly distinguish our 

 new acquaintance, or we may employ the short specific phrase Pho- 

 ciENA GLOBicEPs. Head very globular, carina extending to the ex- 

 tremity of the tail ; pectorals long and slender. 



Occasional habitat. Shores of the Eastern States. 



Synonyms. 

 Delphinus glohiceps. Cuv. : Ann. Mus. torn. XIX, pi. 1, fig. 2. 

 Ca-ing Whale. Neill's Tour in the Orkneys. 



Delphnis Schreber, pi. 345, fig. 2 and 3. 



Delphinus melas. Traill. : Nicholson's Jour., Vol. XXII, p. 81. 

 Delphinus deductor. Scoresby : Arctic Regions, I, p. 496, pi. 

 Dauphin a tete ronde. Desmarest : Maramalogie, p. 519. 

 Delphinus intermedins. Harlan : Jour. Acad. Nat. Sc. of Phila- 

 delphia, Vol. VI, p. 51, pi. 1. 



The following are the dimensions of the animal as measured by 

 John Glover, Esq., Dr. Biakeman, of Greenfield Hill, and W. Samp- 

 son. The above drawing was taken upon the spot.* 



* The following notice appeared, at the time, in the public papers. 



A whale ashore.— On Friday last, a whale of the grampus species, was driven 

 ashore on Fairfield Beach, about three miles from Bridgeport, Conn. He was about 

 twenty four feet long, and thirteen in circumference ; he lived from ten o'clock in 

 the morning until three in the afternoon, when he expired after an hour of terrific 

 struggling. Six yoke of oxen were required to draw him a few feet from low 

 water mark, and fifteen men were scarcely able to turn him half way over. He 

 was first discovered by a person who was gunning in the neighborhood, when he 

 was in full vigor, and made a splashing in the shallow water that almost equalled 

 the roar of a cataract. Thousands flocked from all quarters to see the self-imprison- 

 ed monster. 



