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into a slate-grey and purplish colour on the sides of the body, 

 but becoming darker towards the tail. The sides and fore part 

 of the head were grey or of a dirty whitish colour, having a 

 yellowish tinge, passing into almost pure white on the upper 

 lip ; the white of the upper lip, extending round the angle of 

 the mouth, continued along the whole of the under-surface of 

 the body, some parts having a creamy or yellowish tinge. The 

 dorsal fin, flukes, and the flippers were also bluish-black, the 

 last mentioned being whitish on the under sides. Along each 

 side of the body, from near the eye to within about a foot from 

 the tail, it was irregularly streaked and spotted with white, 

 some of the streaks and spots being very indistinct. There 

 was also a narrow white mark running up and down the right 

 side of the dorsal fin, forming a kind of half-hoop-like shape, 

 the left side merely having a whitish spot or dash not corre- 

 sponding in shape with the other, and it had also one or two 

 whitish spots on the upper surface of the flippers. The white 

 spots on the sides were more or less confined to the anterior 

 part of the body. Between the dorsal fin and the flukes the 

 streaks were more distinct, some running in all directions, 

 crossing each other, and forming zigzag-like markings, giving 

 the animal rather a peculiar marked appearance. The head 

 resembled the Carsethorn specimen, described by Mr. Service, 

 having no ridge or hollow dividing the upper lip from the 

 peculiar swollen-like appearance of the face. The lips were 

 thick and fleshy, the upper one projecting about an inch over 

 the lower one. The snout was rounded in the upper jaw, 

 pointed in the lower jaw. It had four teeth on both sides of 

 the lower jaw, situated near the anterior part of the mouth. 

 There was no trace of teeth in the upper jaw. In shape this 

 Dolphin resembled the Blackfish, Glohioceplialus melas, but the 

 head was less globular, and the dorsal fin was high and pointed. 



The stomach was full of bones, which, on examining and 

 comparing with other bones in the Museum, I found belonged 

 to the Codfish, and there was also a part of the beak or mouth- 

 piece of a species of Cuttlefish. 



At the time we received this specimen at the Museum, I had 

 no idea of bringing it before the notice of this Society, and 

 therefore the description is not so full as it would otherwise 



