7. ORCA. 279 



Phocsena, sp., Waaler, N. S. Amph. 34. 

 Grampus, sp., Gray, in Brookes's Cat. 40, 1828. 

 Delphiuus, sp., Linn. ; Illiger, Prodi: 143, 1811. 

 Grampus (pars), Gray, Sjnc. Zool. 2, 1828. 

 Megalodontia, J. Brookes, Cat. Mus. 40, 1828. 



a. Brain-case depressed, hroad. 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 -j-|, large, conical, slightly hooked. 



BaliTjnag minores in utraque maxiUa dentatis qu. Orcse vocantur, 



Sibhald, Phal. 6. t. 2. f. 3 (tooth). 

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



Siiiigeth. t. 340; Fischer, Srjn. Mamm. 511 ; Mag. Nat. Hist. iv. 329. 



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



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



Oss. Foss. V. 281; Turton, B. F. 17; Fleming, B. A.2,^\ Jenyns, 



Man. 42 ; Bell, Brit. Quad. 477. fig. (bad) ; Nilsson, Ska?id. Fauna, 



603 ; Gervais, Zool. et Paleont. Fraiu;. t. 37. f. 3, 4. 

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



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



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

 Cachalot d' Anderson, Duhamel. 



Delphiuus Duhamelii, Lacep. Cetac. 314. t. 9. f. 1 (good). 

 Phocfena Orca, Wax/ler, N. S. Amph. 34. 



Delphiuus gladiator, Bonnat. Cet. 23 ; ? Lacep. CMac. 302. t. 5. f. 3. 

 Delphiuus Grampus, Desm. N. Diet. H. N. ix. 168 ; 3famm. 617, from 



Hunter. 

 Delphiuus Grampus (The Large Grampus), Oiven, Cat, Mus. Coll. 



Surg. n. 1136. 

 Grampus Orca, Gray, in Brookes's Cat. Mus. 40, 1828; Lilljehorg, 



Skand. Hvaldjur, 15. 

 Phocjena gladiator, Lesson, Man. 414. 

 Phocfena Grampus, Lesson, Man. 415. 

 Orca gladiator, Sundevall, K. Vet. Akad. Of vers. 1861, 391 ; Gray, 



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



Arch. Naturg. 1864, 90. 

 Grampus gladiator, Lilljehorg, Skand. Hvaldyr, 15. 

 Stour wagn, at Finmark. 



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

 ? Agluck, Pallas, Zool. Rosso- Asiat. 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 skull) ; 



Gervais, Zool. et Paleont. Frang. t. 37. f. 3, 4 (skull, from Cette). 



Inhab. North Sea. 



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



b. Skeletcm 20 feet long. From Weymouth. Presented by R. 



Pearce, Esq. 



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



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

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



