GLOBIOCEPHALID.E. 83 



2. Grampus Cuvieri. B.M. 



Grampus Cuvieri, Gray, I.e. p. 295, fig. 60; Synops. Whales 8f Dolph. 



p. 9. 

 Grampus griseus, Gervais, Osteog. Cet. t. 54. figs. 1-6. 



Inhab. North Sea, Hampshire. 



tf Triangle in front of the bloivers short, broad. 



3. Grampus Kichardsonii. 



Grampus Kichardsonii, Gray, I. c. p. 299 ; Synops. Whales Sf Dolph. 

 p. 9. 



Inhab. Cape of Good Hope. ~ ' 



Family 12. GL0BI0CEPHALIM1. 



Globiocephalidfe, Gray, I. c. pp. 62, 313 ; Synops. Whales § Dolph. p. 8. 

 Head blunt, very much swollen. Teeth in the front part of both 

 jaws, cylindrical, simple ; symphysis very short, shorter than the 

 tooth-line. Dorsal fin falcate. Pectoral fin low down on the sides 

 of the body ; fingers elongate, many-jointed. Atlas and the rest of 

 cervical vertebrae united, or the hinder one free. Scapula triangular, 

 with large coracoid and acromion processes. Arm-bones very short. 

 Metacarpal bones in cartilage. The two middle fingers very long, 

 of twelve to ten joints; the rest of the fingers short, of three or 

 four phalanges ; index finger short, slender, four-jointed ; ring- 

 finger shorter, three-jointed ; little finger very short, of one pha- 

 lange. Breast-bone of three separate pierced pieces ; the hinder 

 one narrow. 



1. GLOBIOCEPHALUS. 



Globiocephalus, Gray, I. c. p. 313 ; Synops. Whales fy Dolph. p. 8. 

 Skull : — palate flat ; beak rather tapering in front. First to sixth 

 cervical vertebrae anchylosed into one mass, seventh free. 

 Vertebras 58 or 59 :— C. 7. D. 11. L. and C. 40 or 41. 



* Black, with a white streak beneath. 



1. Globiocephalus svineval. B.M. 



Globiocephalus svineval, Gray, I. c. 314 ; Synops. Whales § Dolph. 

 p. 8. 



Inhab. North Sea, coast of England. The Pilot Whale. 



1. Globiocephalus melas, Gervais, Osteog. Cet. t. 51. 



Delphinus globiceps, Hisso, Europe Mericl. vol. iii. f. 1. 



Inhab. Mediterranean. 



