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S. E M A R K S ON T H E 



ANIMAL 

 KINGDOM 



C E T A C E A 



The cetaceous animals which we faw in the South Sea, are the iin 

 iiih, [B alcana phy falls, Linn.) the bottle nofed whale, the grampus, 

 the porpeiTe, and the dolphin of the antients. The two laft are 

 feen all over the ocean from the line to the antardic polar circle. 

 We had no opportunity of examining any but a female of the dolphin, 

 ( Delphlnus Belphls, Linn. ) which we.found perfedly to anfwer 

 to the accurate defcriptions of the various zoologifts. It was ftruck 

 with the harpoon, and we fealled on it with as much, or perhaps 

 more appetite, than they did in the time of Dr. Caius. {^ee Mr, 

 F£fmanf s Brltifi Zoology, vol. 3. p. 63. edit, in 4to.) 



B 1 U D S 



The bir-ds of the South Sea, and of Tierra del Fuego, are nume- 

 rous, and form a confiderahle variety of fpecies ; among which are 

 two o-enera entirely new, and.a third hitherto confounded with fe- 



,1 others (the pinguin.) They live fecure in every bufh 



and 



every tree, undifturbed for the greatefl part by the inhabitants j 

 they enliven the woods with their continual fongs, and contribute 



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much to the fplendor of nature by their varied plumage. .It is a 

 received notion that birds of many colours do not fmg well, but not 

 to mention the common goldfinch, which is perhaps, one oi the 



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