. The American journal of science and arts. n. Or this appearance may have beenproduced in that particular individual by some extraneous and acci-dental cause; which idea we are more inclined to adopt, as the ac-complished naturalist to whom we are indebted for that notice, hadno opportunity of examining the animal in person. The specific description of Cuvier will perfectly distinguish ournew acquaintance, or we may employ the short specific phrase Pho-ciENA GLOBicEPs. Head very globular, carina extending to the ex-tremity of the tail; pectorals long and slender. Occasional habitat. Shores of
. The American journal of science and arts. n. Or this appearance may have beenproduced in that particular individual by some extraneous and acci-dental cause; which idea we are more inclined to adopt, as the ac-complished naturalist to whom we are indebted for that notice, hadno opportunity of examining the animal in person. The specific description of Cuvier will perfectly distinguish ournew acquaintance, or we may employ the short specific phrase Pho-ciENA GLOBicEPs. Head very globular, carina extending to the ex-tremity of the tail; pectorals long and slender. Occasional habitat. Shores of the Eastern States. glohiceps. Cuv.: Ann. Mus. torn. XIX, pi. 1, fig. Whale. Neills Tour in the Orkneys. Delphnis Schreber, pi. 345, fig. 2 and 3. Delphinus melas. Traill.: Nicholsons Jour., Vol. XXII, p. deductor. Scoresby: Arctic Regions, I, p. 496, a tete ronde. Desmarest: Maramalogie, p. intermedins. Harlan : Jour. Acad. Nat. Sc. of Phila-delphia, Vol. VI, p. 51, pi. The following are the dimensions of the animal as measured byJohn Glover, Esq., Dr. Biakeman, of Greenfield Hill, and W. Samp-son. The above drawing was taken upon the spot.* * The following notice appeared, at the time, in the public papers. A whale ashore.—On Friday last, a whale of the grampus species, was drivenashore on Fairfield Beach, about three miles from Bridgeport, Conn. He was abouttwenty four feet long, and thirteen in circumference; he lived from ten oclock inthe morning until three in the afternoon, when he expired after an hour of terrificstruggling. Six yoke of oxen were required to draw him a few feet from lowwater mark, and fifteen men were scarcely able to turn him half way over. Hewas first discovered by a person who was gunning in the neighborhood, when hewas in full vigor, and made a splashing in the shallow water that almost equalledthe roar of a cataract. Thousands flocked from all quarters to see the self-imprison
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