MAMMALIA. CETE. Monodon. Balsna. 127 
ORDER VIE CETE. 
spiracles placed on the fore-part of the full: 
‘ feet O', pehioral Jms zvithout nails : tail 
horizontal. 
46. MONODON. Teeth 2 in the upper jaw, 
extending hraight forwards, long, fpi- 
ral: fpiracle on the fore and upper 
part of the head, 
^^onoccros. M. Narval. 
Inhabits northern parts of the Atldntic ; fwinis rapidly : 18 '40 
feet long, 12 broad. 
Skin white, fpotted on the back with black : dorfalfin o, pe.c- 
ioral 2, fmall : head Imall : ejier very minute: tueth, what 
are commonly exhibited as the unicorn’s horns, the young 
animal has 2, fometimes linooth, perforating the upper lip, 
the old animal generally only one, 
47. B AL^NA. Teeth o, inftead of which 
are horny laminae in the upper jaw : 
fpiracle with a double opening on the 
top of the head. 
*%/ 2 ice- Noftrils flexuoiis, on the fore-part of the head; dorfal 
fus, Q, Common Jr hale. 
2. Btjdy black with a whitllh glofs. 
3. Spiracle o, larger. ... , ^ • 
Inhabits leas towards the Archie Pole; is timid, and fwims with 
vaft velocity : feeds chiefly on crabs and medufac:^ is fought 
after for the fake of its blubber, and the horny lamintc in the 
upper jaw, ufually called whale-bone: teats 2, proportionally 
Imall :' gravid 9 — 10 months, brings 1 rarely 2 young:, mea- 
fures 50 — too feet long. 
Head about a third part of the body, flattifh above, with a 
tubercle in which is the fpiracle: month long, curved like t e 
ktter f, lower jani very broad in the middle: 
white, adhering to the lower jaw, fpotted with black a e 
lidcs: eyes fize of an ox’s, lateral, remote, above t e ears 
Jkin an inch thick: tail flightly bilid, 
^'’iich a (harplfh angular ridge runs up the midd.e 01 e pack. 
*PhyJalus, 
