TABLE 1.— Selected Iwdy measurements, nearest whole centimeter, of Lagenorhynchus acutus from the .southernmost known occur- 

 rences in the western North Atlantic. Data in parentheses converted from English to metric. Doubtful measurements were not included. 

 Localities are given in Figure 1 and text. ^ 



6. One specimen, length and sex unknown, 



found along Patchogue, Long Island ( lat. 40°43' N, 



long. 72°57' W), December 1973. Only the head 



and the tail were recovered. Estimation of total 



length from photographs is 160 cm. Tooth count 



-25 

 from visible teeth was . 



-31 



7. One dead male found in surf line at Village 



Beach, Village of Westhampton Beach, Long Is- 

 land (lat. 40°48' N, long. 72°38' W), 1 May 1974. 

 Currently, the skeleton is on display at the New 

 York Ocean Science Laboratory, Montauk, Long 

 Island. 



8. Decayed carcass of a 150 cm individual 

 (skull USNM 504292), sex indeterminate, was 

 examined on the southeastern corner of Pasque 

 Island, Mass., Nantucket Sound (lat. 41°26' N, 

 long. 70°51' W), 5 July 1975. According to resi- 

 dents, this animal had stranded 2 or 3 mo earlier 

 thereby placing the stranding date in April or 

 May. 



9. A female (NEA MH7622) found live and 

 later died on the southern side of Nantucket Is- 

 land, Mass. (lat. 40°14' N, long. 70°00' W), 15 

 February 1976. 



10. A female (NEA MH7670), 127.6 kg, 

 stranded alive and later died at Marion, Mass. 

 (lat. 41°42' N, long. 70°46' W), 28 April 1976. 



11. One dead male (NEA MH7672), 109 kg, 

 found on the eastern edge of Easten's Beach, New- 

 port, R.I. (lat. 41°29' N, long. 71°17' W), 1 May 

 1976. 



12. One decayed specimen (NEA MH76129), 

 sex unknown, thought to have stranded during 

 spring 1976. Found early May on the outer side of 

 Cuttyhunk Island, Nantucket Sound, Mass. (lat. 

 41°25'N, long. 70°56'W). 



13. Three 1976 sightings reported southeast of 

 Cape Cod along the southeast edge of Georges 

 Bank by the NOAA Ship Albatross IV , fall survey 

 76-09: 



a. School of 15-20 animals, lat. 41°13' N, 

 long. 66°15"W, 27 March. 



b. Two animals, lat. 40°10' N, long. 67°12' W, 

 2 April. 



c. Five animals, lat. 40°26 ' N, long. 67°03 ' W, 

 2 August. 



14. Four sightings on 2 January 1977 during 

 U.S. Coast Guard aerial overflights during the 

 Argo Merchant Oil Spill (Grose and Mattson^): 



a. Two animals, lat. 40°21 ' N, long. 66°58 ' W. 



b. One animal, lat. 39°29' N, long. 68°20' W. 



c. One animal, lat. 40°34' N, long. 66°36' W. 



d. One animal, lat. 40°30' N, long. 68°03' W. 



15. One female, 248 cm, stranded dead about 

 2.4 km south of the Virginia-Maryland border on 

 Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Vir- 

 ginia (lat. 38°02' N, long. 75°18' W), 27 May 1977. 



16. A freshly stranded male animal, 234 cm, 

 found at Deerfield Lane Beach, Amagonsett, Long 



iGrose, P. L., and J. S. Mattson. 1977. The ARGO MER- 

 CHANT Oil Spill — A preliminary scientific report. U.S. De- 

 partment of Commerce, Washington, D.C., Special Report, 323 p. 



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