PAPERS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA 



1920 



STUDIES OF TASMANIAN CETAOEA. 



Part IV. 



Delphinun delphis 



(The Common Dolphin.) 



By 



H. H. Scott (Curator, Victoria Museum, Launceston) 



and 

 Olive E. Lord (Curator, Tasmanian Museum, Hobart). 



Plates I.-V. 



.(I 12th April, 1920.) 



As with other members of the Cetacea the synonymy 

 of thi - i- involved. Beddard (1) states that the 



following appear identical with Delphinus delphis: 

 I>. major, T). Julvqfasciatus, l>. fosteri, U.janira, />. 

 ]). bahdii, 1). moorei, D. walkeri, l>. nova : landice, 

 J), albimanus, /'. marginatvs, l> fuscus, D. souverbianus, 

 I). variegatu8, I>. balteatus, D. aloe ienis, l>. moschutns. While 

 agreeing in general terms with this combination of synonyms 

 we wish to qualify it with certain remarks liter in tins [taper. 



The dolphin is common around the Tasmanian Coast 

 and in the estuaries of the larger rivers, sometimes ascend- 

 ing them for many miles from the open sea. During the 

 currency of th Camp of the Tasmanian Field Na- 



turalists' Club at Port Arthur we were fortunate in observ- 



(1) Beddard: A Book of Whales (1900), p. 254. 



