348 



ziPHriP-T;. 



C. Teeth in the side of the Imrer j'air, cninpressofL Benh of ahull siihri/Iiii- 

 (Irical, slender. Intermetxilhiries linear, slender, rather swollen on the 

 sides of the blotoers. Zipliiiua. 



5. BERARDIUS. 



Dorsal fin large, with a larger boss in front of it. The skull like 

 a Dolphin's, with frontal portion elevated. Teeth 2 . 2, strong, tri- 

 angnlar, compressed, vertically implanted at the extremity of the 

 lower jaw ; the two teeth of the same form as in Zlpliius, hut rather 

 smaller ; behind them a dental groove extends on the upper surface of 

 each mandibular l)ranch. The raaxillaries have the commencement of 

 the prominences ■\\'hich are found so large in the genus Hyperoodon. 



Berardiiis, Duvernoy, Ann. iSci. N(d. 1851, 51. t. ; Arch. Nature/. 

 1852, 62. 



I ^^- 1' " 



Fig. 70. 



Skull of Berardius Armtxii, from Duvemoy. 



Berardius Arnuxii. 

 Black, greyish near the genital organs. 



Berardius Arnuxii, Duvernoy, Ann. >Sei. Nat. 1851,51. t. (skull); 

 Arch. Natury. 1852, G2. 

 Inhab. New Zealand, Port of Akaroa, 184G. Length 32 feet. 

 Skull in Mus. Paris, length 4 feet. 



6. ZIPHIUS. 



Head contracted behind; nose produced, not separate from the 

 forehead ; eyes moderate ; blowers on crown, lunate ; teeth in the 

 middle of the lower jaw of male, two, large, compressed ; of female 

 two or three, small, subeyhndrical ; throat with two diverging fur- 

 rows ; body elongate; pectoral fins small, low down, oval, tapering; 

 dorsal falcate, behind the middle of the body. Skidl with nose elon- 

 gated, produced, keeled on each side ; skuU-cavity small ; forehead 



