BLACK BLUNT-NOSED CACHALOT. 
with two fins of a black colour on the back, 
and whitish on the belly, with the spiracle on 
the neck, of Brisson; the Cete, or Whale, 
named Pot-Wallfish, of the Dutch ; the 
Balaena Major Macrocephala, of Rav ; the 
Balaena, of Johnston and of Willughby ; the 
Cete Admirabile, of Clusius; the Cetus Den- 
tatus, of Charleton, and Sibbald; the Cachelot, 
of Klein ; and the Spermaceti Whale, of 
Brown. The specific chara6ler of the Blunr- 
Nosed Cachalot is, that it has no fin on the 
back, and that the blowing pipe is situated on 
the nape of the neck : the Black Varietv- is 
desci ibed to be of a black colour, with a hump 
on the back ; the White Variety, or Physeter 
Macrocephalus xVlbicans, is of a whitish co- 
lour, with a smoothish back ; and the Grey 
Variety, or Physeter Macrocephalus Cinereus, 
is of a blackish ash-colour, with a hump on 
the back. The Black Blunt-Nosed Cachalot 
is found in the European Seas, the White in 
]yavis's Straits, and the Grey on the Coasts of 
Kew England. 
The size of the Black Bluni-Xosed Cacha- 
lot is more than sixty feet long, and thirty-six 
feet in circumference. The head is exceedingS- 
thick ; 
