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of the crescent pointing towards the snout ; the pectoral and dorsal fins 
are falcate and about equal in size; the colour is a dark plumbeous grey, 
almost black upon the fins, especially at their fore-part ; the body below 
being of a pinkish ashy-grey, with a few small irregular patches of light 
plumbeous grey. 
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The dentition varies from 24—74 = 96, to 23-23 = ro1, and 72727 
=108. 24—24 27—28 27—27 
S1zeE.—About seven feet from snout to fork of tail; girth about 3 feet 
9 inches. 
No. 263. DELPHINUS LENTIGINOSUS. 
The Freckled Dolphin. 
NaTivE Name.—Solla Gadimi, Telegu. 
Hasitat.—Madras coast. 
DeEscriPTIon.—Body fusiform, as in the last, but with smaller pectoral 
and dorsal but larger caudal fin ; the back is straighter and not so much 
rounded on the shoulders, and the colour is bluish-cinerous or slaty, 
freckled with small irregular spots of brown or plumbeous, and longitu- 
dinal streaks of the same flecked with white ; the under parts a shade 
lighter than rest of the body. The snout is six inches in length. 
Penton = 2S! — 120, 
S1zE.—Seven to eight feet ; girth four feet. 
No. 264. DELPHINUS MACULIVENTER. 
Spot-bellied Dolphin. 
NaTIvE NamME.—Suvva. 
Hapirat.—Madras coast. 
DESCRIPTION.—Forehead more convex than even D. gadamu, and 
head proportionately larger and body deeper. A deep shining plumbe- 
ous black on the upper part, becoming paler near the belly, which from 
the underpart of the jaw to the perineum is ashy-grey, with irregular 
spots and blotches. 
Dentition : 24—?7 =114, 
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Si1zE,—About seven feet, 
No. 265. DELPHINUS FUSIFORMIS. 
The Spindle-shaped Dolphin. 
Hasirat.—Madras coast. 
DEscRIPTION.—More slender in proportion to its length ; a less elevated 
and less convex forehead than the last species ; a proportionally thicker, 
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