I902. SCHARFF. — W kite- beak id Dolphin in Dubliyi Bay. 67 



full-grown male. The upper side was of a beautiful shining 

 purplish black, a few small areas being of a lighter more 

 gre3dsh tint. Underneath the body was cream-white, but there 

 were a few patches of a light grey around the chin. The 

 flippers on both upper and under surfaces were of the same 

 colour as the back. Of the lighter patches the principal one 

 surrounded the blow- hole on the top of the head. 



I did not notice any bristles about the mouth, such as 

 referred to by Dr. D. J. Cunningham in his excellent descrip- 

 tion of a young specimen of this Dolphin.'' Altogether the 

 present specimen agrees better with Mr. J. W. Clark's figure- 

 than with that of Dr. Cunningham. But it is quite possible 

 that the differences may be of a sexual character, Mr. Clark's 

 specimen like my own being a male, while Dr. Cunningham's 

 was a female. The most striking difference is that in the 

 latter, the body tapers uniformly from behind the dorsal fin 

 to the tail, while in the Dublin specimen it expands, especially 

 ventrally, into a large hump close to the origin of the caudal 

 fin. 



The pectoral fin, from the junction of the anterior edge with 

 the body to the tip, measured i foot 8 inches. The mouth, 

 from the tip of the lower lip to its angle, measured 10 inches. 



As regards the dentition and other osteological charac- 

 teristics, I hope to be able to publish them when the specimen 

 has been macerated; and when I have compared it with the 

 skull found on the Co. Dow^n coast by Mr. R. lyloyd Patterson. 

 Mr. M'Cabe very generously presented the Dolphin to the 

 National Museum, and the carcase was cut up under most 

 adverse circumstances during the Christmas holida3S by the 

 Museum attendant, Robert Griffin. 



Science aud Art Museum, DubHn. 



' Proc. Zool. Society London^ 1876, p. 681. 



■ Proc. Zool. Society London^ 1876, plate 64, fig. 2. 



