MAMMALIA. CETE. Whale. 359 



4. Humped Whale. — 4. Balaena gibbofa. 5. 



Has no back fin, but the back is hunched. 



Hump Whale. Penn. arc~t. zool. fup. 102. n. 54. — Hump-back Whale. Dudley, ph.il. tranf. 

 abr. vii. 425. 



791 a. Single-humped Whale. — 5. j3. B. gib. gibbo unico. 



Has one hunch on the lower extremity of the back. 



Balaena Novae-angliae, having two fins and a fingle hunch on the back. BrhT. regn. an. 351. 

 n. 3. — Balaena, with one hunch on the back near the tail. Klein, mifc. pifc. ii. 12. — Pflokfifch. 

 Anderf. ifl. 224. Crantz, groenl. 146. 



Inhabits the feas near the coaft of New England, in North America. — The hump on the lower 

 part of the back is defcribed as exceeding the fize of a man's head. 



792 j8. Six-humped Whale. — 5. a. B. gib. gibbisfex. 



Has fix humps on the back. 



Balaena, having two breaft fins, and fix hunches on the back. BrhT. regn. an. 351. n. 4. End. 

 mam. 610. n. 5. — Balaena macra. Klein, mifc. pifc. ii. 13. — Knotenfifch, Knobbelfifch. Anderfi 

 ifl. 225. Crantz, groenl. 146. 



This variety refembles the Common Whale, except in having fix large knobs or hunches along the 

 back, and the horny fcales in its mouth are of a white colour. We have no account of any other 

 circumftances in its defcription, manners, or food ; nor of the feas which it frequents. 



793 5' Broad-nofed Whale. — 5. Balaena Mufculus. 4. 



Has a double pipe on the fore-head, and a very broad under jaw. Art. gen. 78. fyn. 107 

 fp. 106. 



Balaena, with three fins, a round fnout, and wrinkled belly. Raj. fyn. pifc. 17. Sibb. Scot. an. 

 24. BrifT. regn. an 353. n. 6. — <t>xhtvx, Balaena, Balena, Balein, Capidolio. Bellon, aquat. 4. 6. 

 Aldrov. pifc. 676. 



Inhabits the Scottifh feas. — This fpecies is fometimes feventy-eight feet long, and above thirty-five 

 in circumference; the lower jaw is femicircularly turned at its extremity, and is much broader than 

 the upper jaw, which ends in a fharp fnout ; the opening of the mouth is enormous, and contains a 

 number of laminae of black Whale-bone, but the longeft do not exceed three feet ; the fpiracle or 

 blowing pipe is of a pyramidal form, divided into two orifices by a feptum or partition, and is fituated 

 on the fore-head ; the back is black, and furnifhed with a foft raylefs fin ; and the belly, which is 

 white, has a number of folds of the fkin. This Whale is very deftructive to the herring fhoals which 

 vifit the Scottifh coaft, and which, with proper exertion, might prove an immenfe fource of wealth 

 and induftry to Britain ; perhaps it may not be improper to mention, that, from long experience, 

 the Norwegians are fo thoroughly convinced of the benefits derived to their fifheries, by the Whales 

 driving the fifh into the creeks and firths on their coaft, that they are protected by the law, under 

 very fevere penalties. 



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