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1773. SiBBALD, Robert. Phalainologia nova; ] sive [ Observationes | de | rarioribus 

 quibusdam BalaBuis | In ScotisE Littus nuper ejectis: | in quibus, | nuper con- 

 spectse BaliBnaB per Genera & | Species, secundum Cbaracteres ab ipsa ] Nature 

 impressos, distribuuntur; | qusedam nunc primum describuatur; errores 

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

 & Ambrse Grisese ortu, natura & | usu, dissertationes traduntur. | [By Sir 

 Eobert Sibbald. Edited by Thomas Pennant. J — | 

 Mirac'lum ponti narraut ingentia Cete | 

 Vii-ibus invictis, & vasta mole moventur. | 

 In littus pauca exiliunt, qua? corpore vasto | 

 Sunt. — I Oppianus de Pise. lib. I. | — | 



Edinburgi, | Typis Joannis Eedi, M DC XCII. | Veneuut apud M. Eo- 

 bertum Edward, verbi diviui miuistrum, in | vico dicto. The Bishop's Land 

 Closs. I Iterum impressi, Londini, | Apud Benj. White, in Vico Fleet-Street. 

 MDCCLXXIII. 8°. 11. 2, p. 1-105, tabb. 1-3. 



Observationes tie Balsenis quibusdam in Seotise Littus nuper ejectis. Prsefatio. De Batenis 

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

 PrEefatio de Dentatis in Genere, pp. 15-17. Caput i. De Balsenis Minoribus in utrdque Ma- 

 xilia Dentatis, qute Orcas vocantur, pp. 17-24. Caput ii. De Balsenis Minoribus in Inferioro 

 Maxilla tantum Dentatis, sine Pinnfl, aut SpinA in Dorso, pp. 24, 25. Caput iii. Do Balajnis 

 omnium Minimis, incertos Classis, pp. 25, 26. Sectio secunda. De Bala;nis Majoribus, in Infe- 

 rioro Maxilla tantum Dentatis. Prsefatio de hujusmodi Balanis in genere, pp. 27-30. Caput 

 i. De Balsena MacrocephalA quse Binas tantum Pinnas Laterales liabet, pp. 30-33. Caput ii. 

 De Balsend Macrocepbala, quse Tertiam in Dorso Pinnam sive Spinam habet, & dentes in Ma- 

 xilla inferiore Arcuatos Falcifoimis, pp. 33-43. Caput iii. De Balsena Macrocepbala Tripinni, 

 quse in mandibubt inferiore dentr-s babet minus inflexos, & in planum de.sinentes, pp. 43-45. 

 Caput iv. De Spermate Ceti, pp. 45-52. Caput v. De olco quod ex bis Belluis par.itur, pp. 

 52-54. Caput vi. De Dentibus harum Balsenarum, pp. 54-57. Sectio iii. De Balajnis Majori- 

 bus Laminas Corneas in Superiore Maxilla babentibus. Prsefatio. De bujusmodi Belluis in 

 genere, pp. 58-64. Caput i. De Balsnis bujusmodi Bipinnibus, tam quas carent listulA, quam 

 qua; eam babent, pp. 64-66. Caput ii. De Balsenis Triplnnibus, quse narcs babent, in genere, 

 pp. 67-68. Caput iii. De BalsenA bujusmodi Tripinni qua? rostrum acutum babet, & idicas in 

 Ventre, pp. 68-78. Caput iv. De Babcnd Tripinni qua; maxillaro iuferiorcm rotundam, & su- 

 periore multo latiorem babuit, pp. 78-84. Caput v. De Balsena bujusmodi prregrandi in littus 

 Boenaj nuper cjecta, pp. 84, 85. Caput vi. Do laminis corneis, de plicis, & de olco bujusmodi 

 Belluarum, jip. 85-93. Appendix. De iis quse Bala;nis communia sunt. Prsefatio, pp. 94, 95. 

 Caput i. De Pinguedine Balsenarum, p. 96. Caput ii. De Came barum Belluarum, p. 97. 

 Caput iii. De B.al8enarum priapo, p. 97. Caput iv. De Ambr.l GriseA, pp. 98-104. Caput 

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



Tab. 1. Balsena Macrocepbala. Balsena cum laminis corneis in ore. Yertebrse caudse, etc. 



Tab. 2. Lamina cornea cum pili.s. Dens Orcse. Dens Balsense Mucrocepbalse Orcadonsis. 

 Dens Macrocepbalse falciformis, etc. 



Tab. 3. Balsena tripinnis maxilla inferiore rotunda. 



Plate i, upper figure, is a very faulty representation of Physeter macrocephalus, tbe blow- 

 hole being at tbe posterior part of tbe bead and tbe upper jaw ratber small and pointed. 

 Plate i, lower figure, is a better representation of a Finner Whale, probably Ilalcenoptera 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 macrocephalus, etc. Plate iii, probably Physalus antiquorum. 



The editio princeps of Sibb.ald's "Phalainologia" (which I have been tmable to see) ap- 

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

 unfortunately described different examples of tbe common Cachalot as different species, 

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

 not efl'ectually 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 tbe author whom they blindly followed. 

 (Gf. Escbricht, " Eecent Memoirs on the Cetacea," Eay Soc, 1866, pp. 161-163.) [325.] 



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

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

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

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



