Class IV. UNICORN NARWHAL. 75 



GENUS II. NARWHAL. 



** With teeth. 



Teeth : one, sometimes two, issuing out of 

 the upper jaw, direct, straight, long, spiral. 



Spiracle, on the head. 



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Monodon Monoceros. M. ii. 18.1.2. 1. Unicorn. 



dente cornuformi spirali, ra- Faun. Suec. 48. 



rius duplies recto, praelon- Le Narwal vulgaire. Cepede 



go, exserto in maxilla supe- Hist, des Get. \3Q. tab. 5. 



riore. Faun. Groenl. 29. Jig. 2. 



Gm. Lin. 222. Small headed Narwal. Flem- 



M. piscis e genere cetaceo. ing in Mem. Wern. Sue. 131. 



Wil. icth. 42. tab, 6. 



Haii Syn. pise. ii. Artedi. Gen. 78. Syn. 108. 



Narwhal. Klein, miss. pise. Arct. Zool. ii. 349- 



[TWO instances only have occurred of the 

 Narwhal having been observed on the coast 

 of Great Britain. One was cast on the shore 

 near Boston in Lincolnshire, in February 1 800, 

 and was exhibited in many parts of the king- 

 dom. The length of its body was nearly seven- Descrip- 

 teen feet, that of the tooth seven feet six inches ; TI0N ' 

 its girth was eight feet; the skin smooth and 

 polished. A drawing of this specimen was 



