7. ORCA. 279 



rhocasna, sp., Waylvr, N. S. Amph. 34. 



(Jranipiis, sp., (iniij, in Brookes' s Cat. 40, 1828. 



Delpliiims, s])., Lii/n. ; I/Zii/er, Prodr. 143, 1811. 



Grampus (pars), Gray, Sjji'c. Zool. 2, 1828. ji '^ i l r> 



Megalodontia, J. Brookes, Cat. Mtis. 40, 1828. fyf^ (f e/- f- L^J 



a. Brain-case depressed, broad. Teeth large, strong, conical. Orca. 



1. Orca gladiator. The Killer. 



Black ; circumscribed spot behind eye, spot on belly and under- 

 side of tail white. Nose of skull nearly twice as long as the width 

 of the notch. Teeth \\, large, conical, slightly hooked. 



Biila^nre minores m utraque maxilla dentatis qu. Orcfe vocantur, 



Sibhdd, Thai 6. t. 2. f. ■■', (tooth). 

 Delphiuus Orca, Linn. Mant. Plant, ii. 523; S. N. i. 108; Schreb. 



Sduf/eth. t. 340 ; Fischer, Si/n. Mamm. 511 ; Maq. Nat. Hist. iv. 329. 



fig. 2 ; Schleyel, De Dieren, 87. t. 14 (good) ; Abhandl. ii. 33. t. 7, 8 



(trom life) ; Sundevall, (Efv. K. Veten. Akad. 1861, 386. t. 8 ? ; Cuv. 



Oss. Foss. V. 281; Tarton, B. F. 17; Flemim/, B. A. 34; Jenym, 



Man. 42 ; Bell, Brit. Quad. 477. fig. (bad) ; Nilsson, Skand. Fauna, 



603 ; Gerrais, Zool. et Paleunt. Franc, t. 37. f. 3, 4. 

 Grampus, Hunter, Phil. Trans. 1787, t. 16 (skull in Mus. CoU. Surg. 



n. 2515), cop. Bell, Brit. Anim. fig. ; Bonnat. Cetac. t. 12. f. 1; Shatv, 



Zool. ii. 513. t. 232, lower fig. 

 Cachalot d' Anderson, Dnhamel. 



Dt'lphinus Duliamolii, Laccp. Cetac. 314. t. 9. f. 1 (good). 

 I'liocteua Orca, TJ'ar/ler, A. S. Amph. 34. 



Delphinus gladiator, Bonnat. Cet. 23 ; ? Lacep. Cetac. 302. t. 5. f. 3. 

 Delphiuus Grampus, Desni. N. Diet. H. N. ix. 168 ; Mamm. 517, from 



Hunter. 

 Del]ihinus Grampus (The Large Grampus), Owen, Cat. 3Ius. Coll. 



Sury. n. 1136. 

 Grampus Orca, Gray, in Brookes' s Cat. Mas. 40, 1828; Lilljeborg, 



Skand. Hvaldjur, 15. 

 Phocsena gladiator, Les.%on, Man. 414. 

 l*lioca3na Grampus, Lesson, Man. 415. 

 Orca gladiator, Sundevall, K. Yet. Akad. Ofvers. 1861, 391 ; Gray, 



Cat. Cetac. B. M. 1850, 93; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864,244; Malmgren, 



Arch. Naturg. 1864, 90. 

 Grampus gladiator, Lilljeborg, Skand. Hraldyr, 15. 

 Stour wagn, at Finmark. 



Orca, Rondel. Pise. 483. fig. ; Gesner, Aquat. 748, fig. from Rondel. 

 ? Agluck, Pallas, Zool. Ro)>so-Asiut. 305. 



? Aguluch, Chamisso, Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xii. 262. t. 20. f. 9 ? 

 Anat. Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. t. 22. f. 3, 4; R. A. i. 289 (skull): Jacob, 



Dublin Phil. Journ. 1825, t. 2. f. 3 (very small and bad skidl) ; 



Gerrais, Zool. et Paleont. Fraiu;. t. 37. f 3, 4 (skull, from Cette). 



Inhab. North Sea. 



a. Skull. Coast of Essex. From Mr. Cross's Collection. 



b. Skeleton 20 feet long. From Wej-mouth. Presented by R. 



Pcarcc, Esq. 



c. Skull. From Mr. Turner's Collection. 



There is a skull in Mr. Pell's museum, from a male 19 feet long, 

 taken in Lynn Harbour, Nov. 1830. The animal was described in 



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