302 DELPHIlflD^. 



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

 ribs. — Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. 30G. 



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

 " All the cervical vertebra? are anchj^losed ; the head of the first rib 

 rests upon their coalesced bodies. There are 56 other vertebrae, 

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

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



Professor Kapp (Cetac. t. 5) figures the skeleton of Delphinus Pho- 

 ccena. " The scapula with a broad, dilated coracoid 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 vertebrae with a distract 

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

 lumbar vertebree short and broad." — Rapp, I. c. 



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

 his ' Catalogue of Preparations relative to Whales,' 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 hack, without any spines on its upjjer edge. 

 Teeth all compressed, truncated. 



1. Phocsena communis. Common Porpoise. 

 Black. 



Phocaena, Rondel. Pise. 473 ; Gesncr, Aquat. 837. fig. ; Aldrov. Pise. 



719. fig. 

 Phocsena Rondeletii, Wilhighh. Pise. 31. t. A 1. f. 2. 

 Tursio Marsouin, Belon, Aquat. 16. fig. 

 Tursio, Plinii H. N. ix. 9. 

 Phocsena communis, Brookes, Cat. Mus. 39 ; Lesson, Man. 413 ; F. Cuv. 



Cetac. 172 ; Gray, List Mamm. B. 3L 104 ; Spic. Zool. 2, 1828 ; Zool. 



Erebus Sf Terror, 30 ; Cat. Cetac. B. M. 1850, 81 ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 



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

 Delphinus Phocoena, Limi. Faun. Suec. 17 ; S. N. i. 108 ; Schreb. 



Sdugeth. t. 342 ; Bonnat. Cet. 18. t. 1. t. 10. f. 1 ; Besm. Mamm. 



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



Bell, Brit. Mam. 473,476. fig. ; Rapp, Cetac. t. 5 (skeleton) ; ScMcgel, 



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



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



Skand. Fauna, 616. 

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

 Porpesse, Shaxo, Zool. ii. 504. t. 229, 230, 231 ; Borlase, Cornw. 204. 



t. 27. f. 2 ; Monro, Phtjs. Fishes, 45. t. 35. 

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



Trans. Roy. Soc. 1848 ; Bonnat. Cet. t. ; Lacep. Cet. t. 20. f. 2 (skele- 

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



Inhab. North Sea. Near shore, in all seasons, and ascends rivers. 

 Called Marsuins, Herring Hogs, Neessock, Pellock, and Bucker. — 

 Fleming, B. A. 34. 



a. Thames. Presented by Mr. Leadbeater. 



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



c, d, e. Stuff'ed. Thames. Presented by Messrs. J. & C. Grove. 



/. Skeleton. English coast. 



