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growing about the Frith of Forth ; among 
which, he had given to one the name of 
Balforiana, now called Pulmonaria mari-^ 
tima. 
In the zoological way. Dr. Sibbald 
publiflied feparately, " Fhalainologia nova:'* 
1692. 4°. or, Obfervations on fome Ani- 
mals of the Whale Genus, lately thrown 
on the Shores of Scotland.'* This trad: 
had merit enough to entitle it to a repub- 
lication, fo lately as in the year 1773. Ho 
meditated a Ccetologiay together with the 
hiftory of the other marine animals Scot-- 
land, in his fecond volume of the Pro- 
dromiis.'^ 
In the year 1706, he communicated to 
the Royal Society an accurate defcription, 
accompanied with a figure of the animal, 
and its fhell, named Balamis Baknay or 
Pedtculus Ceti ofBoccoNE f Lepas Diadema 
of LiNN^us, Syjl. 1 108.) Thefe were 
publifhed in vol. xxv. of the Philojophkal 
TranfaBionSy p. 2314. 
Although Sir Robert Sibbald did not 
carry his refearches fo far, as to rank high 
in the charadter of the naturalift ; yet, as 
B 4 having 
