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in one specimen, carefully examined by the \^ riter, they were fj -jf, several 

 of the front teeth not having pierced the gum. 



In addition to those enumerated above, others are said to have occurred 

 on the coast of Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and to have been seen 

 off the Faroe Islands. It is singular that 5 of the 10 recorded British 

 specimens should have been landed on the Norfolk coast. 



This species concludes the short list of the twenty-two British Cetacea, of 

 which I have endeavoured to give a popular, but I hope, at the same time, so 

 far as it is at present known, a reliable account ; my principal object, as I 

 stated in my introductory remark's, being to induce those residing in suitable 

 localities to take up the study of this interesting family, and to assist in the 

 identification of those specimens which from time to time are cast upon our 

 shores. 



Note to page 77, Rudoi.phi'.s Rorqual {Balanoplcra laticcps, J. E. Gray).— Professor 

 Flower, since the brief account of this animal at p. 77 was printed, has called my attention to the 

 undoubted priority of Lesson's name for this species, Baltrnoptcra borealis, which was founded upon 

 Cuvier's "Rorqual du Nord " ; he also points out that Van Beneden and Gervais follow Lesson in 

 this respect, and says that in future it is his intention to do the same. As it is most important to 

 establish an uniform nomenclature, I do not hesitate to follow so distinguished an authority, and 

 now wish to supply the omission as far as it is possible to do so. The species will, doubtless, henceforth 

 be known as Balcenoptcra borealis. Lesson, Complement des (Jiuvres de Buffon, Cetaces, 



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