TURSIOPS ABUSALAM. 



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Tabic of mcasHrcmcnt>i. 

 Tunsiors catalania. 



Collection. 



Typo of— 



Locality. 



•S o >> 





1301a 

 13916 

 3012 

 ft3070 

 a3059 



Brit. Mus 



...do 



U. Col. Surg .... 

 Mus. d'Hist. nat. 

 ...do 



T. catalania. 

 ....do 



Capo Mflville, Aust. 

 C. Flattery, Austr .. 



China Sea.s 



Mers d'Indo ?. 



Cm. 

 43.4 

 t41.3 

 43. G 

 43. G 

 4G.2 



Cm. 

 25.2 

 23.8 

 2.1.4 

 25.4 

 2G.0 



Cm. 

 7.4 

 7.1 

 7.0 

 7.0 

 8.1 



:391« 

 13916 

 3120 

 «3070 

 a3059 



Cm. 



21.3 



19 



20.9 

 20.8 

 21.0 



Cm. 

 4.7 



5.8 



4.7 



5.0 



5.3 



Extremity 

 of beak to — 



q on 



Cm. 



28.7 



27.7 

 30. r, 

 28.2 

 30.5 



Breadth 

 between — 



Cm. 

 30. 5 



Cm. 

 18.5 



28.2 18.4 

 19 



.9 S 

 'Si.o 





Chi. 

 12.8 



14.1 



12.3 



12.9 



14 



Tcnipoi'al 

 fossa?. 



Cm. 

 9 



9.4 



9.5 



9.7 



9.1 



Cm. 



7 



7.5 

 7.9 

 7.4 

 C.9 



Cm. 

 37.4 



t35.G 



37.4 



37.9 



39.2 



■5 



Cm. 

 0.70 



S 28-28 

 i 25-25 

 C2H-24 



23+ 23 

 ?-24 

 '? -22 

 23-23 

 23-23 

 25-2 5 

 25-25 



* Montigny, 1851. 



t About 2""" should be added for breakage of tip of beak 



TURSIOPS ABUSALAM (Riippell) 



Delphinns alusalam, Riippell, Museum Senckeubcrgianum, iir, 184.''), p. 140, pi. xii, 

 figs. 1-G. 



This species closely resembles T. catalania, and may beideutical with 

 it. Eiippell has appended no measurements of the skull to his admira- 

 ble description, but from his figure it would appear tbat the beak, though 

 rivaling that of T. catalania in length, has the same proportional breadth 

 as in T. tursio. The teeth are slightly more numerous than is usual in 

 the latter species, and in this again we are reminded of T. catalania. 



In color T. ahusalam agrees with neither of the species with which I 

 have compared it, the upper parts being dark sea-green. T. tursio, as 



