DELPHINIDA. — CXCI. snk 
1090. P. doris (Gray). Outline from foramen to crest curved ; 
cranium rounded ; occiput broad, rounded ; muzzle short ; its length 
2% times its width at premaxillary notch. N. Atl. (not American ?) 
(Eu.) (opis, a sacrificial knife.) 
568. DELPHINUS Linnezus. (deAdis, dolphin.) 
1091. D. delphis L. Common Do.rHin.  Snout narrow, 
sharp; occiput short, rounded. L.10 feet. N. Atl., scarce on our 
coast. (Lu.) 
569. PHOCZANA Cuvier. (daxawva, porpoise, from daxn, seal.) 
1092. P. phoceena (L.). Common Harpor Porpotse. Pur- 
FING Pic. SNuFFER. Color nearly plain dusky above, paler 
below. L. 5 feet. N. Atl. and N. Pac.; very common in surf 
and near shore, ascending rivers. (Ku.) (P. brachycium Cope, 
the E. American form, and P. lineata Cope, a form with a reddish 
brown lateral band on sides separating the blackish back from the 
white belly, are probably varieties of P. phocena.) 
570. LAGENORHYNCHUS Gray. (Adynvos, flagon ; 
pvyxos, snout.) 
1093. L. acutus Gray. Skunk Porpotsr. Bay Porpolse. 
Sides with broad stripes of white and yellow. LL. 10 to 15 feet. 
Coast of N. E. U.S., and in the open seas in large schools; like 
other porpoises, often swimming alongside of ships as if racing with 
them. Common, used for bait. Two or three other species occur in 
the N. Atl. (£u.) 
571. GLOBICEPHALUS Lesson. (Lat., globus, globe ; 
k:dadn, head.) 
1094. G. melas (Traill). Buack Fisu. Prtor WHALE. GRIND 
Wuate. Black; P. about 4 in length. L. 20 feet. N. Atl, 
common, in large schools, S. to N. J. (yeAas, black.) (Eu.) 
1095. G. brachypterus Cope. Black; P. 6 in length. Coast 
of N. J. and 8. (payvs, short ; mrepor, fin.) 
572. ORCA Gray. (Latin name.) 
1096. O. orea (L.). KitterR. Sworp Grampvs. Black, 
white below. A most persistently voracious and destructive 
cetacean, attacking all large sea animals, tunnies, sword-fishes, 
seals, and all whales, even the largest, to the great annoyance of 
fishermen. L. 20 feet or more. D. 6 feet high. Atl. (ELu.) (0. 
gladiator Bonnaterre.) 
573. DELPHINAPTERUS Lacépéde. (deAdis, dolphin; 
a, privative; mrepdy, fin.) 
1097. D. leucas(Pallas) Waite WHALE. BeLuGa. Creamy 
