. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 402 BALiENOPTERID*. CETAOEA. BALJSNOPTERIDJi. (MYSTAOOCETL). SIBBALD'S Balmnoptera sibhaldii (J. E. Gray). Specific Character.—Elack above, sbading into slate-gi-ey below, more or less varied with whitish spots and markings; flippers black above, whitish below; baleen uniforjn deep black. Head broad; flippers long and broad; dorsal-fin distinct, but very low. Vertebrie 6i ; ribs 16 pairs, the first usually single-headed. Length of adult 60 to 80 feet or more. Physalus sihbaldii, J. E. Gray, , 1847, 92. Balcena b
. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 402 BALiENOPTERID*. CETAOEA. BALJSNOPTERIDJi. (MYSTAOOCETL). SIBBALD'S Balmnoptera sibhaldii (J. E. Gray). Specific Character.—Elack above, sbading into slate-gi-ey below, more or less varied with whitish spots and markings; flippers black above, whitish below; baleen uniforjn deep black. Head broad; flippers long and broad; dorsal-fin distinct, but very low. Vertebrie 6i ; ribs 16 pairs, the first usually single-headed. Length of adult 60 to 80 feet or more. Physalus sihbaldii, J. E. Gray, , 1847, 92. Balcena borealis, (In part) , Syn. 524 (1828). SiUaldius borealis, Geat, P. Z. S., 1864, 223. Plujsdhis latirvstris, Flowek, P. Z. S., 1864, 410. ? " Bakcna tripinnis quce- raaxiUam infcriorcin rotimdam," &o., Sibbalk, Nov. Phalcen., 33 (1692). Stcypiireythr of Icelanders. Sibbald's Rorqual, probably the largest of its family, has long been distinguished as a separate species by the Icelanders under the name of Steijim-eythr, but was iirst zoologically characterized by Dr. Gray, who in 1847 named it sihhaldii in honour of the distinguished Scotch cetologist of the seventeenth century. Since then very considerable additions have been made to our knowledge of its history and structure, chiefly by the labours of Professors Reinhardt, Flower, and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880; Tomes, Robert F; Alston, Edward Richard, 1845-1881. London, J. Van Voorst
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