35 8 MAMMALIA. CETE. Whale. 



lour. The tail is horizontally flattened and flightly divided into two lobes, from the middle of which 

 a fhort, and fomewhat {harp, angular ridge runs up the middle of the back, but without any proper 

 dorfal fin. 



789 2. Fin Whale. — 2. Balaena Phyfalis. 2. 



Has a double opening to the fpiracle on the middle of the fore part of the head; and a 

 foft fin on the hinder part of the back. Art. gen. 77. fyn. 107. Faun. fuec. 50. 



Balaena, having three fins, and a fmooth belly. Briff. 352. n. 5. — Balaena, without teeth, having 

 a narrow body and a fin on the back. Raj. pifc. 9. Klein, mifc. pifc. 13. — Phyfalus bellua, Phyfeter. 

 Gefn. aqu. 851.' — Phyfeter. Plin. hift. nat. ix. c. 4. xxxii. c. 1 1. Jonft. pifc. 217. Char let. ex. pifc, 

 47. Sibb. Scot. an. 23. Willoughb. pifc. 41. — Finne-fifke. Egede, groenl. 48. — Finnfifc. Mart, 

 fpitzb. 125. t. Q^f. c. Anderf. ill. 219. Crantz. groenl. 145. — Fin Whale. Penn. arct. zool. fup. 

 101. n. 53. — Fin-filh. Brit. zool. iii.n. 18. — Fin-backed "Whale. Dudley, phil. tranf. abr. vii. 425. 



Inhabits the Atlantic, both on the American and European coafts. — This fpecies is equally long 

 with the Common Whale, but not above a third, or even fourth, part of the circumference, and 

 produces vaftly lefs blubber; the opening of the mouth is larger; the horny laminae, or Whale-bone, 

 are fhorter, and of a bluifh colour ; the flefh is better tafted ; and it throws the water from the 

 fpiracles with greater force. The upper part of the body of this animal is of a clear brown colour, 

 and the lower parts white; the lips are brown and refemble a twifted rope; on the lower part of the 

 back, near the tail, there is a ftraight, foft, lharp pointed fin, between three and four feet long, with- 

 out rays or bones, from which circumftance the Englifh name of the fpecies, to diftinguifh it from 

 the Common Whale having no back-fin, is derived. From the violence with which this fpecies 

 throws out the water from its fpiracle, it is fuppofed to be the <S>vsxXt>s of the ancients. This fpecies 

 feeds on fmall fillies of the Clupea, Scomber, and other genera: It is neglefted by the Whale fifhers, 

 both on account of its great fiercenefs and the fmall quantity of blubber which it affords ; even its 

 appearance in the Whale feas is difliked, as it is fuppofed to drive away the common fpecies, which, 

 is fo much in requefL 



79° 3. Scrag Whale. — 3. Balaena Boops. 3. 



Has a double pipe on the fnout, and a horny protuberance on the extremity of the- 

 back. Art. gen. 77. fyn. 107. 



Balaena, having three fins, a lharp fnout, and the belly longitudinally wrinkled. Briff. regn. an.. 

 355. n. 7. — Balaena, having three fins, a lharp fnout furnifhed with noftrils, and feveral folds of 

 the fkin on the belly. Raj. pifc. 16. — Jubartes. Klein, mifc. pifc. ii. 13. — Jupiter fifch. Anderf. 

 ifl. 220. Crantz, groenl. 146. — Pike-headed Whale. Penn. Brit. zool. iii. n. 17. Ardt. zool. 

 fup. 101* n. 52. — Scrag Whale. Dudley, phil. tranf. abr. vii. 425. Sibb. Scot. an. 23. 



Inhabits both the northern and fouthern oceans. — This fpecies is about forty-fix feet long, and 

 twenty feet in circumference, at the thickeft part, where the breaft fins are placed. The upper parts 

 of the body are black and very fmooth ; the under parts are white, and have the fkin raifed into 

 many longitudinal folds; the head is oblong, with a fomewhat lharp fnout; the tongue refembles that 

 of an Ox in figure, and is near five feet long ; the eyes are not larger than thofe of an Ox, and are 

 placed near the corners of the mouth. 



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