302 DELPHINIDJi. 



is pierced and without lateral angles. There are only 5 pairs of true 

 ribs. — Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. 306. 



The skeleton in the Museum of the CoUege of Surgeons, no. 2509. — 

 " All the cervical vertebrse are anchylosed ; the head of the first rib 

 rests upon their coalesced bodies. There are 5G other vertebi'ae, 

 twelve of which support moveable ribs, but the thirteenth pair seems 

 to have been lost." — Owen, I. c. p. 455. 



Professor Eapp (Cetac. t. 5) figures the skeleton of Delpliinus Pho- 

 ccetui. " The scapula with a broad, dilated corucoid process. Fin- 

 gers five, short ; the first longest, the third scarcely shorter, the 

 second shorter, the fourth and fifth very short, the fifth slender. 

 Spinous processes of the dorsal and lumbar vertebroe with a distinct 

 subcentral anterior process on each side. The lateral processes of the 

 lumbar vertebrae short and broad." — Eapp, I. c. 



Mr. F. Knox gives many details of the anatomy of this species in 

 his ' Catalogue of Preparations relative to "VVTiales,' 1838, p. 32. 



M. G. Breschet describes and figures the organ of hearing of the 

 Porpoise (Ann. Sci. Nat. 1838, x. 221. t. 5). 



* Dorsal Jin in middle of back, withoid any spines on its upper edge. 

 Teeth all compressed, trnncated. 



1. Phocsena communis. Common Porpoise. 

 Black. 



Phocsena, Rondel. Pise. 473 ; Gesner, Aqiiat. 837. fig. ; Aldrov. Pise. 



719. fig. 

 Phoctena Rondeletii, WiUughh. Pise. 31. t. A 1. f. 2. 

 Tursio Marsouin, Belon, Aqttat. 16. tig. 

 Tursio, Plinii K. N. ix. 9. 

 Phocsena coniniiuiis, Broohes, Cat. Mns. 39 ; Lesson, Man. 413 ; F. Cuv. 



Cetae. 172 ; Gray, List Mamm. P. M. 104 ; Spie. Zool. 2, 1828 ; Zool. 



Erehus 8f Terror, 30 ; Cat. Cetac. B. M. 1850, 81 ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 



1864, 245 ; Malmgren, Arch. Nat. 1864, 90. 

 Delphinus Phocpena, Linn. Faun. Suec. 17; S. N. i. 108; Schreb. 



Sam/eth. t. 342 ; Ponnaf. Cet. 18. t. 1. t. 10. f. 1 ; Pesm. Alumfn. 



516 ; Fischer, Syn. 510 ; Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. 286. t. 21. f. 1, 2 (skull) ; 



Pell, Prit. Mam. 473,476. fig. ; Rapp, Cetac. i. 5 (skeleton) ; Schleyel, 



Abhandl. 31; Dieren, 89. t. 15; Turton, P. Fauna, 17; Fleming, 



P. A. .33; Phil. Zool. ii. 209. t. 1. f. 4; Jemjns, Man. 41; Kilsson, 



Skand. Fauna, 616. 

 Marsouin commun, Cuvier, Menaq. Mus. t. ; Reg. Anim. i. 279. 

 Poi-pesse, Shaiv, Zool. ii. 504. t. 229, 230, 231 ; Porlase, Cornw. 264. 



t. 27. f. 2 ; 3Imiro, Phys. Fishes, 45. t. 35. 

 Anat. Knox, Cat. Prep. Whales, 1838, 37 ; Rapp, Cetac. t. 5 ; Sibson, 



Trans. Roy. Soc. 1848 ; Pon?iat. Cet. t. ; Lacep. Cet. t. 20. f. 2 (skele- 

 ton) ; Jacob, Dublin Phil. Juurn. 1825, t. 2. f. 5. 



Inhab. North Sea. Near shore, in all seasons, and ascends rivei-s. 

 Called Marsuins, Herriag Hogs, Neessock, PeUock, and Bucker. — 

 Fleming, B. A. 34. 



a. Thames. Presented by Mr. Leadbeatcr. 



6. Skull. From Dr. Mantell's Collection. 



c, d, e. Stuffed. Thames. Presented by Messrs. J. & C. Grove. 



/. Skeleton. English coast. 



