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ROUND-HEADED CACHALOT. Class IV. 



2. Round- 

 headed. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Balaena minor in inferiore 

 maxilla tantum dentata sine 

 spina aut pinna in dorso. 

 Sib. Phalain. Q. 



Rail Syn. pise. 15. 



Le petit Cachalot. Brisson 

 Cet. 22S. 



Le Cachalot Svineval. De la 

 Cepede. Hist, des Cet. 21 6. 



Physeter Catodon. Gm. Lin. 

 226. 



Catodon fistula in rostro. dr- 

 ied, synon. 108. 



X HIS species was taken on one of the Orkney 

 isles, a hundred and two of different sizes being 

 cast ashore at one time, the largest measuring 

 twenty-four feet in length. 



The head was round, the opening of the 

 mouth small : Sibbald says it had no spout 

 hole, but only nostrils. We rather think, that 

 the former being placed at the extremity of the 

 nose was mistaken by him for the latter. The 

 teeth we have in our cabinet of this species* are 

 an inch and three quarters long, and in the 

 largest part, of the thickness of a man's thumb ; 

 the top is quite flat, and marked with concen- 

 tric lines ; the bottom is more slender than the 

 top, and pierced with a small orifice. The back 

 fin was wanting; instead of it was a rough 

 space. 



* Plate iii. Jig. 4. 



