3. DELPHINUS. 245 



According to 0. Fabricius, it is not uncommon as far north as 

 Greenland. 



M. Uervais states that the species is stationary on the coast of the 

 Mediterranean. — Comptes liendus, 28 Nov. 1864, 876 ; Ann. ^Mag. 

 N. H. 1865, 76. 



Consult also DeJphinus Delphis, A. Smith, African Zoology, 125, 

 from the west coast of Africa. 



4. Delphinus marg^atus. 

 Above black, paler on the head and sides to the middle of the 

 genital region ; throat, chest, and abdomen white ; edge of the jaws 

 blackish, end black, with a dark band just below the edge of the 

 white on the side, which is rather wider near the vent, with two streaks 

 from the eye to the base of the pectoral, and a streak on the under 

 side bent down behind the base of the pectoral. Beak slender. 

 Teeth j|^, larger than those of D. Delphis. 



Delphinus marginatus, Duvernoif, in Pucheran, Rev. ^- Mag. de Zool. 

 1856, 346. t. 25 ; Desmared, Eticy. cFHist. Nat. Mamm. v. 284. t. 29. 

 f. 1 ; Arch. Katw-g. 1857, 26. 



Inhab. Dieppe : two specimens in Mus. Paris. 



See also 

 a. Delphinus Algeriensis, Zoc/ic, iiey. Sf Mag. Zool. 1860, t. 22. f. 1 ; Arch. 

 Naturg. 1861, 113. 



Beak thick. Sides with a narrow streak from the eyes to the tail, 

 curved down over the end of the pectoral. Teeth ^ ' ^^ . 

 Inhab. Mediterranean ; coast of Algiers. 



h. Delphinus Mediterraneus, Loche, Rev. 4- Mag. Zool. 1860, 475. t. 22. 



f. 2 ; Arch. Naturg. 1861, 113. 

 Beak slender. Sides with a streak from the eyes nearly to the 

 tail, which is curved down nearly over the base of the pectoral fin. 



41.41 



41. a9" 

 Inhab. Mediterranean. 



'l^'^^t^ 41.39 



5. Delphinus Janira. The Janira. 

 Skull roundish ; nose depressed, half as long again as the head •, 

 triangle rather in front of the tooth-line ; intermaxillaries very con- 

 vex behind, with a wide groove between, above in front ; palate 

 with ver)- wide, deep grooves on each side, extending two-thirds of 

 the length, centre ridge flattened in the middle, the intermaxillaries 

 forming a long triangle in front. Teeth H- 



Delphinapteru.'* Peronii, Mus. Bristol Institution. 

 Delphiiui.-* Janira, Grag, Zool. E. ^- T. 41. t. 23 (skull) ; Cat. Cvtac. 

 B. M. 1850, 123. 

 Inhab. Newfoundland. Skull. Presented to the Bristol Institu- 

 tion by G. Thornc, Esq. 



