1. GLOBIOCEPHAHJS. 315 



The following are the measurements of three skulls, in inches and 



lines ; 1. is in the British Museum, 2. Mus. Coll. Surg. n. 1137, and 

 3. n. 1138 of the same collection : — 



1. 2. 3. 



in. lin. in. lin. in. lin, 



SkuU : Length of, entire 28 29 24 



Length of nose 15 15 12 



Length of teeth-series ..90 86 70 



Length of lower jaw .... 19 



Width at notch 11 6 110 9 



Width at orbit 19 6 19 6 15 6 



Width of intermaxillary 9 7 



Width of middle of nose 9 6 6 6 



Height at occiput 15 



Female suckling, with the young 4 feet 6 inches long in December 

 ( Watson), and 7 feet long in January. 



Vertebrae 55 : 7 cervical, first free, second and third united by 

 body and partly by lateral process, rest free; 11 dorsal, and 37 

 posterior. 



The vertebroe anchylose soon. Dorsal vertebrae 12. Ribs 12 . 12, 

 the first six only attached to the vertebrae. The other vertebrae 37, 

 of which seven are united ; the pelvis bones attached under the 

 seventh, eighth, and ninth caudal. The first bone of the sternum 

 pierced, and in the young deeply notched and with slightly marked 

 lateral angles. The bladebone less ciu'ved near the spine, its front 

 angle more acute, and its acromion shorter and more square than 

 that of D. Delphis. The pectoral is elongate, the articulations of 

 the fingers more numerous — the first of 4, the second, which is the 

 largest, of 12, the third of 9, the fourth of 2, and the fifth of a 

 single joint. They are all terminated by a cartilaginous tip. — Cuv. 

 Oss. Fuss. V. 306. 



The pelvis bone elongate, subcylindrical, slender, slightly cm-ved, 

 very like that of the adult I). Orca ; in size and form but a little 

 stouter. 



" ' The Ca'ing Whale.' Though it moves uniformly forward, its 

 motion is slow, and when it comes up to blow it remains several 

 minutes on the surface. It is easily controlled in its motions ; so that 

 a whole herd is frcqucntlj' driven ashore at once. If one individual 

 be wounded and take to the ground, the others will speedily take 

 the same course, whence the origin of the name. Externally it has 

 a single spiracle ; in aged animals some of the teeth are deficient, and 

 in the suckling none are visible. Sand-eels have been found in its 

 stomach."- — Floning, B. A. 34. 



Very common at the Faroe Islands, and called GrindewaJ. Very 

 many are taken annually on their passage from the Polar Seas to the 

 Atlantic. — Esrhrich t. 



The Rev. Dr. Barclay observes that the favourite food of the Del- 

 phinus melas seems to be cuttlefish, of which quantities are generally 

 found in the stomach. — Bell, Brit. Quad. 485. 



" This species goes in herds ; different companies display consider- 



