1 14 CETACEA 



between South Queensferry and Hound's Point, and suc- 

 ceeded in shooting one, whicli proved to be a female 

 of this species, measuring in a straight line 5 feet 

 5^ inches. It was procured by Sir William Turner for 

 the museum of the University, and is fully described by 

 him in the "Proceedings" of the Koyal Physical Society 

 (vol. ix., p. 346). 



BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN. 



TURSIOPS TUESIO {Fab). 



The following museum specimens furnish the only records 

 I can find of the occurrence of this species within our 

 bounds, namely: — Two specimens — a stuffed skin and a 

 skeleton, perhaps taken from the same animal — -in the 

 Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, labelled " Firth 

 of Forth"; the skeleton of another, also from the Forth, 

 ■which, according to Bell and Alston, formed part of the 

 University collection formerly kept in the Surgeons' Hall; 

 and three skeletons and a skull, all likewise from the 

 Firth of Forth, in the zoological department of the British 

 Museum. 



Mr Eagle Clarke informs me that an entry in " The 

 University Museum Register" shows that the specimen 

 stuffed in the Museum of Science and Art was cast ashore 

 at Portobello in the "year 1833-1834"; and it would 

 appear, from Flower's List of Cetacea in the British 

 Museum (p. 27), that the skeletons and skull in the 

 national collection were purchased in 1866. The skull 

 figured in the supplement to Gray's Catalogue (p. 73) is 

 one of these specimens. 



