70 ROUND-LIPPED WHALE. Class IV. 



3. Round- Balaena tripinnis maxillam in- maxilla inferiore multo la- 



LIPPED. feriorem rotundam et supe- tiore. Arted. syn. 107- 



riore multo latiorem habens. La Baleinoptere Rorqual. De 



Sib. Phalain. 78. tab. 3. la Cepede. Hist.des Cet. 126. 



Rail syn. pise. 16. tab. I. Jig. 3. 



La Baleine a museau rond. Ascan. icon. rer. not. cah. 3. 



Brisson Cet. 222. tab. 26. 



B. fistula duplici in fronte, Balaena musculus. Gm. Lin. 



226. 



JL HE character of this species is to have the 

 lower lip broader than the upper, and of a se- 

 micircular form. 



That taken in 1692 near A ber corn-Castle, 

 was seventy-eight feet long, the circumference 

 thirty- five ; the rictus or gape very wide ; the 

 tongue fifteen feet and a half long ; the mouth 

 furnished with short whale-bone, about three 

 feet in length ; on the forehead were two spout 

 holes of a pyramidal form ; the eyeswere placed 

 thirteen feet from the end of the nose : the pec- 

 toral fins were ten feet long ; the back fin about 

 three feet high, placed near the tail, which was 

 eighteen feet broad : the belly was full of folds. 



This species feeds principally on herrings. 



[The Round-lipped Whale is frequently seen 

 in the Orkneys in the months of July and Au- 

 gust, when the seas and sounds abound with 

 herrings. Two were thrown ashore there some 

 years ago, one in Hoy the other in Flotay ; the 



