3'&5 MAMMALIA. CETE. Cachalot. 



Cetus, having three fins, with fharp, arched, and hooked teeth. BrhT. regn. an. 363. n. 6. — 

 Balaena major, having a fin or fpine on the back, and teeth, which are hook-fhaped, in the 

 under jaw. Raj. pifc. 15. Sibb. Scot. an. 24. Klein, pifc. ii. 15.— Dritte Cachelotte. Anderf. ifl. 

 248. 



500 12, Straight-toothed Sharp- nofed Cachalot. — 3. /3. Ph. micr. reftidentatus. 



The teeth are fharp and ftraight. 



Cetus, having three fins, with fharp ftraight teeth. BrifT. regn. an. 362. n. 9. — Zweyte Cache- 

 lotte. Anderf. ifl. 246. 



Inhabits the northern Ocean. — The head of this fpecies is enormoufly large, with very finall eyes ; 

 the lower jaw is armed with a number of teeth, which, when the mouth is fhut, are received into an 

 equal number of fockets in the upper jaw ; the fkin is very fmooth. 



The former variety is of a blackifh brown colour, and grows to feventy feet long;, it has forty- 

 two round teeth, which are a little comprefTed fideways, thicker in the middle, and bent in form of 

 a hook ; the blowing pipe is placed a little farther forwards than the middle of the fnout; the back 

 fin is longifh and fharp pointed, fo as to have the appearance of a fpine. This animal fometimes 

 chafes the Seals with fuch eagernefs as to run itfelf on fhore. 



The latter variety is of a blackifh colour on the back, and whitifh on the belly, having a very" 

 high hump on the upper part of the back, and the back fin is placed very near the tail ; the head 

 is almoft half the length of the body, having very bright yellowifh eyes ; the tongue is fmall and 

 fharp pointed ; the teeth are thick, ftraight, and fharp at the points, and fet in the jaw like the teeth 

 of a faw. This animal fometimes grows to eighty, or even an hundred, feet long. 



501 4. High-finned Cachalot. — 4. Phyfeter Turfio. 4. 



Has a very long fin on the bach, and the ends of the teeth are flat. Art. gen. 74. fyn. 

 104. 



Cetus, having three fins, and the teeth flat at the ends. BrifT. regn. an. 364. n. 7. — Balaena 

 macrocephala, with three fins, and having teeth in the lower jaw, which are very little bent, and 

 end in flat furfaces. Raj. pifc. 16. Sibb. Scot, an 24. Klein, mifc. pifc. ii. 15-. 



Inhabits the northern ocean. — This fpecies fometimes grows to an hundred feet long ; the back 

 fin is very long, fharp pointed, and erect, fo as to refemble the maft of a fhip in fome meafure ; the 

 blowing pipe is placed on the fore-head ; the teeth are flightly bent, and have their ends flattened : 

 In other refpefts this animal has cbnfidsrable refemblance to the preceding fpecies. 



XLVill. DOLP Fl I N.— 47. BE LP II I NITS. 40. 



Has teeth in both jaws. The pipe is placed on the anterior 



and upper part of the head. 



802 1. Pcrpoife. — \ . Ddphhuis Phococna. 1. 



The body is of a fomewhat conical form, with a broad back, and bluntiih [noui. 

 Art. gen. 75, fyn. [04. Faun. fuec. ci-i 



Delphinus 



