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§. XXXIII. 



TURSIOfivePHOC^NA; (§. XII.) parvus Delphinus 5 Del- 



?hmus feptentrionalium j klein Meerfchwein; Bniunfilch fimpliciter; 

 \imbler vel Springer ; a) Marfouin; i^w^///.- Porpefle. Marem XV 



T, in.Maji ly^^cultro Anatomico fubjcclum (MiJ. LJ repraelentat Tab. IIT. 



lit.B/;>. B. ad qvartam partem magnitudiuis naturalis ; pilcis enim acqvabat 



qvatuor pedes Rhinlandicos. Meatum auditorium externum albo cir- 



culo indigitavimus lit. ^, qvod aliter dignolci non potuit, qvippc Phy- 



feteres auriculis carent. Communicamus pariter Faetum Cefareum 20 



T- n.poll. cum dimidio longum Tah. II. A. B. fic, ut fimul lunatam fiflulam 



■'^•^- in ciite b) & Hngvam c) diftinde contemplari liccat. Lingva va- 



lidis fibris intertexta , qvafi fimbriata , oris pavimento mandibulse infe- 



rioris firmiter adhseret, e contra Delphinis lingva efi mobihs , qvs mo- 



do exeri modo condi poteft , & longior lingva Phocaensf. NareS 



'^•'i^^Tah. IIL a.a; fvide etiam Tahulam II.) lunt pufilli , de qvibus in 

 ^•^* Miffu. Imo. Cranium deniqve integrum Phocsnac ex utero caefi & no- 



.j.^fj jftra manu elaboratum, una cum dentibus ieparatis d) exhibct T*^/'. /. 



l^iiiN.IIL Plura ad Phocsnai hifioriam naturalem qv2 atrinent, vide in 

 MiJJu primo. Qvod reliqvuum eft , Aldrovandus e) eqvidem mo- 

 net: „Qvxcunqvede Delphini utroqve lexu fcripta fijnt, Phoca^nae fi- 

 „militer conveniunt , & nifi Phocacna roftrum brevius haberet , Del- 

 j,phino fere undiqvaqve fimilis foret; „ attamen ex jintea didis , col- 

 latis fimul figuris, manifefla apparebir Di?/p/;rtam difllmilitudo. Inci- 

 denter adhuc monemus: Pifcem in Co//^5. Vratislav. Tentamine XXV. 

 p.j^z: in Albe flumine prope Dornhufch naufragum trxonttFhocanam 

 di(?tum efiTe, qvod clariflimus autor Phoctenam & Cachelot pro Synonymis 

 habuit; ^xout ttiam ^oiiftoni de pifc, Lib. V. p. 221 Phocsnam , qvam 

 1000 libras pependiflfe perhibet , Orcam fuiflfe lufpicamur. 



3) De Delpbinis in genere Ovtd. metam, Lib. lll. 



Undiqve dant ftltuj, niultaqvc afperginerorant, 

 Emerguntqve iterum recleuntqve Tub jeqvora rurfus, 

 inqve chori ludunt rpcciem, lafcivaqve pftant 

 Corpora, & acceptum patulis inarc naribus cfflant. 



b) The pipe or /jjout is very curious, arifing frnm tlie Palate vvith a finple fora- 



ramen, but vvlicn it perforates the Cranium , 'lis dividcd by an offeous feptum into 

 tvvo, but above it is united again into onc, niaking in the Skin a Kind of fcmi)i>. 

 nar slit or foramen. Tfjl». Phocxnn p. 36. Spiracula illa duo ip capile obvallantur 

 gyrofo qvodam fl«u vel labyrintho , ad aqvam vel acrcm temperandum. 7h. Bw 

 thel. HiJ}, .nnatom. Cent. il. HiJ?, JCXK. 



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