ROUND-LIPPED WHALE. Class IV. 



3. Round- Balagna tripinnis maxillam in- maxilla inferiore multo la- 



lipped. feriorem rotundam et supe- tiore. Arted. syn. 107- 



riore multo latiorem habens. La Baleinoptere Rorqual. De 



Sib. Phalain. 78. tab. 3. la Cepede. Hist, des Cet. 126. 



Raii syn. pise. 16. tab. \.Jig.3. 



La Baleine a museau rond. Ascan. icon. rer. nat. cah. 3. 



Brisson Cet. 222. . tab. 26. 



B. fistula duplici in fronte, Balasna musculus. Gm. Lin. 



226. 



J- HE character of this species is to have the 

 lower lip broader than the upper, and of a se- 

 micircular form. 



That taken in 169% near Abereorn-Castle, 

 was seventy- eight feet long, the circumference 

 thirty-five ; the rictus or gape very wide ; the 

 tongue fifteen feet and a half long ; the mouth 

 furnished with short whale-bone, about three 

 feet in length ; on the forehead were two spout 

 holes of a pyramidal form ; the eyeswere placed 

 thirteen feet from the end of the nose : the pec- 

 toral fins were ten feet long ; the back fin about 

 three feet high, placed near the tail, which was 

 eighteen feet broad : the belly was full of folds. 



This species feeds principally on herrings. 



[The Round-lipped Whale is frequently seen 

 in the Orkneys in the months of July and Au- 

 gust, when the seas and sounds abound with 

 herrings. Two were thrown ashore there some 

 years ago, one in Hoy the other in Flotay ; the 



