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SEALS AND WHALES OF TLLE BRLTLSH SEAS. 



THE riLOT WHALE. 



The Pilot Whale {Ghbiccphahis melas, TraW; DelpJninis melas, Trail; 

 D. globiccps, Cuv. ; D. dcditctor, Scoresby), known in Slietland as the Ca'ing 

 or Driving Wliale, is a frequent, although a very uncertain, visitor in British 

 waters. It -is met with, according to Lilljeborg, in the North Sea and 

 northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, occasionally as far north as Greenland ; 



r'ig. 26. (T'lror \\'hale Globiiiplialiis mclas. Trail 



off the Orkney and Shetland Islands, and on the North-west coast of Norway, 

 it frequently makes its appearance ; and it has been found on the British 

 coast as far south as Cornwall. In Bell's ' British Quadrupeds ' it is said that 

 it also appears to enter the Mediterranean. This species is pre-eminently 

 gregarious, and generally occurs in large herds, often numbering several 

 hundreds. So strong is their habit of association that they follow the 



