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SHARP LIPPED WHALE. B. Boops Jenyns, p. 47. 

 Bells Quad., p. 520. Dr. Moore (Loudon's Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 1, N.S.) informs us that it was this Species which 

 in 1831 was found floating in the neighbourhood of Ply- 

 mouth. The individual had frequented the Cornish Coast 

 for a long time previously, in pursuit of young herrings, 

 multitudes of which it was seen to devour ; and from gorg- 

 ing; which, it was supposed to have met its death. 



BEAKED WHALE. B. Rostrata, Lin. Some doubts 

 exist, whether this be a distinct Species or the young of 

 the B. Bcops, Jenvns, p. 48. 



ROUND HEAD ED' BLOWER. Physeeter Catodon, Lin. 

 This also is considered a doubtful Species ; but it is pro- 

 bable that future discoveries will extend ratber than limit 

 the Catalogue of British Whales. 



BLUNTHEADED BLOWER. P.Macrocephalus. Jenvns, 

 p. 44. Bells Quad , p. 506. 



HIGHFINNED BLOWER. P. Tursio, Jenyns, p. 44. 

 This is judged to be the Species sometimes seen on our 

 Coasts, sailing rapidly along at a uniform elevation in the 

 Water, with its slender but elevated fin above the surface, 

 while the body is concealed below. 



BOTTLE NOSE. Ph. Bidens, Lin. Hyperodden Bidens. 

 Jenvns, p. 44. Bell's Quad., p. 492. 



HUMPED BLOWER. Ph. Pohjcyphus. ■ . I have 



unfortunately omitted to note the proper reference to any 

 authority for the use of the trivial name here given, and 

 which I had an opportunity of verifying in a Volume be- 

 longing to the Library of the Zoological Society of Lon- 

 don. One Specimen ran itself on shore in pursuit of small 

 fish, several years since ; and another was seen, and mi- 

 nutely described to me by an intelligent fisherman ; but it 

 would appear that the number of humps on the back is 

 variable. It is probably the Balaena Monstrosa, Ruysh's 

 Tbeat. Anim., vol. 1., tab. 41. 



GRAMPUS. Delphinus Orca. Jenyns, p. 42. Loudon's 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, p. 838, where the dorsal fin is re- 

 presented as higher than in Bell's Quad., p. 477. It is 

 unwieldly but ferocious, and seems to be the (j>a\aiva 

 (Balaena) of the Poetic Naturalist Oppian, who gives a 

 curious account of its being taken with a baited hook. 



PORPOISE. D. Phocama. Jenyns, p. 41. Bell's Quad., 

 p. 473. The Snifter of Cornish fishermen. It is some- 

 times caught in Drift Nets, and I have known it take a bait, 

 though it commonly proves too strong for the line. The 

 rolling motion of this and some other of the smaller Spe- 

 cies, is caused by the situation of the Nostrils on the an- 

 terior part of the top of the head ; to breathe through 



