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11. \Belphinus delphis, Linn. Common Dolphin. — Mr. Pearcey 

 informs me that in September, 1898, he saw a large school of 

 what he took to be this species, between Ardlamont and Skipness 

 Points. There is in Rothesay Museum a skull labelled " Porpoise, 

 from Mr. A. M'Kirdy," which I believe to be this species, as the 

 skull is about 24 inches in length and has about 190 teeth. It 

 is certainly not the Common Porpoise.] 



12. Tursiops tursio, Fabr. Common Tursio. — According to 

 the new " Statistical Account " (1845), the Great Dolphin 

 {D. tursio), from 12 to 15 feet in length and with a pointed 

 muzzle or beak, frequents the coast of Saddell and Skipness 

 during the herring-fishing season. There is more satisfactory 

 evidence than this of the occurrence of this species in our waters, 

 as Dr. D. Noel Paton shot one in August, 1879, in Loch Long, 

 the skull and ear-bones of which are in the Anatomical Museum, 

 Edinburgh University (22). 



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1. Alston, E. R., "Notes on the Fauna and Flora of the West of 



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3. Bell, Thomas, " British Quadrupeds." 2nd edition, 1876, p. 409. 



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13. Do., Do., (old) II., 1791, p. 273. 

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