150 CETACEA. 



summits ; snout short, rather obtuse at the tip ; under 

 jaw rather longer than the upper ; eyes small, almost on a 

 line with the mouth ; pectoral fins placed low down, oval, 

 and somewhat pointed ; dorsal rather beyond the middle of 

 the body ; skin smooth, dusky on the back, whitish on the 

 belly, the colours meeting on the sides. 



Length from 4 to 5i feet. 



Common in the British Seas, the Baltic, and in the ad- 

 joining parts of the Atlantic Ocean. Inhabits the Medi- 

 terranean and Black Seas, and the Sea of Azoph. 



Phocaena Orca. 



Phocmm Orca, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Get. ; Bell, Brit. Quad. 

 Dcljphmus Grampus, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 774. 

 The Grampus. 



DESCEiPTioisr. — Much larger than the last species ; snout 

 very short and obtuse ; upper jaw somewhat longer than 

 the lower, which, however, is broader than the upper ; 

 teeth varying in number with the age of the animal, 

 generally twenty- two in each jaw, unequal, conical, a little 

 bent at the summits ; eyes almost in the same line with 

 the mouth; dorsal fin nearly in the middle, very much 

 elevated, pointed at the extremity ; pectorals very broad, 

 oval ; tail crescent-shaped ; skin smooth, glossy black above, 

 white beneath. The two colonics separated by a well-defined 

 Hne on the sides ; an oval white spot behind each eye. 



Length, from 20 to 2^ feet. 



The Grampus goes in large herds, is frequently seen ofi:' 

 the northern parts of the British Islands, and occasionally 

 in the more southern regions. Is very numerous in the 

 North Seas. Sometimes visits the French coasts of the 

 Bay of Biscay. One taken near Cette, in the Mediter- 

 ranean, is mentioned by Gervais, ^Zoologie et Paleon- 

 tologie Fran(jaise,' vol. i. p. 148. 



