GLOBICEPHALUS. 53 
ancrassatus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1861, p. 309, fig. 1. 
macrorhynchus Hector (nec Gray), Trans. N. Zeal. Inst., vir, 1861, 
Die UO, M9s; 3, .3a. 
melas (Globiocephalus!), Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 23. 
Fic. XIX. GLOBICEPHALUS MELAS. PILOT OR CA’ING WHALE. 
PiLoT OR Ca’ING WHALE. 
Type locality. Coast of England. 
Geogr. Distr. South and North Atlantic Oceans, Gulf of Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Vertebre, 59-60; maxille and intermaxille rugose 
anteriorly; second and third vertebre coalesced. 
Color. Black with a white area beneath. 
Measurements. Total length about 20 feet; length of pectoral fin, 
1270 mm.; greatest breadth of pectoral, 279; from end of snout to 
dorsal fin, 1397. 
38. brachypterus (Globiocephalus!), Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. 
Phil., 1876, p. 120, fig. p. 131. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., roor, 
Dp. .24. 
SHORT-FINNED BLACK-FISH. 
Type locality. East coast of Delaware Bay, at the mouth of 
Meurice River. 
Geogr. Distr. Gulf of Mexico north to New Jersey, Atlantic Ocean. 
Genl. Char. Pectorals one-sixth total length of body; dorsal for- 
ward of middle length; teeth, 8; vertebre, 57; skull massive; rostrum 
broad, the basal width greater than four-fifths total length; temporal 
fosse large, oval; intermaxille large and flat. 
Color. Entirely black. 
Measurements. Total length, 4648; tip of snout to dorsal, 1206; 
length of pectoral, 762; height of dorsal, 356; width of fluke, 1168. 
