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The Zoologist; A Monthly Journal of Natural History
The Zoologist A Monthly Journal of Natural History Author:Edward Newman General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1878 Original Publisher: J. Van Voorst Subjects: Zoology History / General Nature / General Nature / Essays Science / General Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and ther... more »e may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 10 pairs of ribs. The teeth, which are present in both jaws, vary in number from 8 to 10 on each side, and are conical in shape and often truncated. In colour it is entirely white, sometimes with a yellowish tinge. The White Whale is common in the White Sea, in Hudson's Bay, Davis Straits, and the Arctic Ocean generally, and is oiily accidentally found so far south as the British Islands. A few have been met with off the coast of Scotland and in Orkney. The name " Beluga" is said to be of Russian origin, being derived from " beloe," which signifies white. Genus Orca, Gray. The members of this genus are distinguished by their round bead; large, conical and slightly curved teeth; high dorsal fin ; flippers broad and oval; and tail broad and powerful. Orca gladiator (Lacepede). Grampus, or Killer. -- Length about 20 feet; 50 vertebrae and 11 or 12 pairs of ribs. The upper jaw is slightly longer than the under one ; the blow-hole crescentic, concave in front. The teeth, which are present in both jaws, vary from 11 to 12 on each side, and are large, conical, and slightly recurved. In colour it is glossy black above, pure white beneath, a sharp line of demarcation between the two. Above each eye is a white spot. The Grampus seems to have a wider geographical range than most of the Cetacea, having been met with from Greenland to the Mediterranean. Numerous specimens have been brought ashore on different parts of the coast of Scotland and E...« less