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swimming paws are about four feet long. The dorsal fin is straight, 

 high, and pointed. The whole length of the animal exceeds sixty 

 feet, and the skin is of a black colour. 



It inhabits the Arctic Ocean, and has occasionally appeared on 

 the northern coast of Scotland. Its flesh is esteemed as a great 

 delicacy by the Greenlanders, and it yields a great quantity of 

 spermaceti, but it is not very productive of oil. 



Class II.— AVES. (Birds.) 



Vertcbrated animals, with red and warm blood, 

 respiring by lungs, and the young of which are pro- 

 duced from eggs ; feet two ; bill horny ; body covered with 

 feathers, and provided with wings, by means of which 

 most of them are enabled to fly in the air. 





VIII. 



GALLUS SONNERATI. 



Jungle Cock, Wild Cock, or Indian Pheasant. 



Order Galling, Lin. Tern. Gallinaces, Cuv. 



Gen. Char. Bill somewhat thick, with the base 

 smooth, convex above, slightly curved, and bent down 

 at the tip ; 7iostrils situated at the base, half covered 

 with an arched scale, and open ; cars naked ; head 

 surmounted by a crest or plume ; feet four-toed, gres- 

 sorial ; anterior toes connected at the base by a 

 membrane ; tail compressed, and composed of fourteen 

 feathers ; tarsi with a long and bent spur ; ivmgs 

 short. 



