GLOBICEPHALUS. 53 



incrassatus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1861, p. 309, fig. i. 

 macrorhynchus Hector (nee Gray), Trans. N. Zeal. Inst., vn, 1861, 



pi. 16, figs. 3, 3a. 

 melas (Globiocephalus!}, Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 23. 



FIG. XIX. GLOBICEPHALUS MELAS. PILOT OR CAMNG WHALE. 



PILOT OR CA'ING WHALE. 



Type locality. Coast of England. 



Geogr. Distr. South and North Atlantic Oceans, Gulf of Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Vertebrae, 59-60; maxillae and intermaxillae rugose 

 anteriorly; second and third vertebrae coalesced. 



Color. Black with a white area beneath. 



Measurements. Total length about 20 feet; length of pectoral fin, 

 1270 mm.; greatest breadth of pectoral, 279; from end of snout to 

 dorsal fin, 1397. 



38. brachypterus (Globiocephalus!), Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. 



Phil., 1876, p. 129, fig. p. 131. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, 



P- 24. 

 SHORT-FINNED BLACK-FISH. 



Type locality. East coast of Delaware Bay, at the mouth of 

 Meurice River. 



Geogr. Distr. Gulf of Mexico north to New Jersey, Atlantic Ocean. 



Genl. Char. Pectorals one-sixth total length of body ; dorsal for- 

 ward of middle length; teeth, | ; vertebrae, 57 ; skull massive; rostrum 

 broad, the basal width greater than four-fifths total length; temporal 

 fossae large, oval; intermaxillae large and flat. 



Color. Entirely black. 



Measurements. Total length, 4648; tip of snout to dorsal, 1206; 

 length of pectoral, 762; height of dorsal, 356; width of fluke, 1168. 



