240 DELPHINID.!;. 



in. lin. 



Skull : Length, entire 17 10 



Length of head 6 1 



Length of nose 11 9 



Length of lower jaw 12 6 



Width at orbit 7 8 



Width at notch 4 3 



Width at middle of beak 2 5 



This skull differs from that of D. Delphis of the Atlantic in the 

 beak being much shorter and narrower. 



6. Delphinus Novae Zealandise. The New Zealand Dolphin. 



Teeth ^'^. Body elongated, rounded in front. Nose cylindrical, 

 rather flattened above. Black-brown, edge of the upper jaw and 

 beneath dull white, a yellow band from the eye along the side to 

 below the dorsal ; tail slate-colour ; pectoral and dorsal dull white, 

 the latter dark-edged. SkuU ? 



Delphinus Novae Zealandiae, Quoy et Gaim. Toy. Astrol, 49. t. 28 ; 

 Gray, Zool. E. ^ T. 41 ; Cat. Cetac. B. 31. 1850, 123. 



Inhab. New Zealand, near Cape Gable, and Bay of Talago. 



a. Skull, from Antarctic Expedition. Length 14 inches, of nose 



8 inches, lower jaw 12 inches, width in middle of beak 1 inch 



9 lines. Is very like figure of skuU of D. Janira. 



h. Skeleton. Antarctic Seas. Antarctic Expedition. Presented by 

 the Lords of the Admiralty. 



Form elongate, rounded in front, with a cylindrical beak, flattened 

 above and pointed. The lower jaw projects beyond the upper. The 

 forehead is gradually rounded, and forms on the middle of the beak 

 a well-marked prominent ridge. The sides are well rounded. The 

 lobes of the tail are flattened, with a compressed keel between their 

 base and the dorsal fin. The dorsal large, triang-ular, rounded at the 

 tip ; the caudal is small, nicked, and cordate in the middle ; the pec- 

 toral moderate, falciform. Above black-bi'own, like polished leather ; 

 the beUy, and the edge of the upper jaw and the whole of the lower 

 dull white. A broad yellow band commences at the eye, narrows 

 on the sides, and encls below the dorsal. The tail slate-colour. 

 The pectorals are lead-white, like the middle of the dorsal, with 

 black edges. A black line from the upper part of the head, enlarging, 

 and enclosing the eye, which is bordered above and below with a 

 white line. The eye large, black. The lower jaw with small rings 

 of pores, and the body with small plates of regularly twisted white 

 strice. Teeth small and pointed, ^.^=180. 



Length 5 feet 10 inches, circumference 2 feet 11 inches, length 

 from muzzle to blower 1 foot 1 inch, to eye 1 foot, to dorsal 2 feet 

 y| inches, to base of pectoral 1 foot 5 inches, of hips 10^ inches, from 

 middle of dorsal to tail 2 feet 5 inches, from vent to caudal 1 foot 

 1 inch, length of pectoral 9 inches. 



