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form ; dorsal fin rather nearer tlie tail tlian the head, large, 

 high, pointed and falcated. Length about six feet. 



inhabits the seas about the Cape of Good Hope. 



Delpliinus Horaeii, Smith. Zoological Journal, vol. iv. p. 441. 

 Toninc of the Cape Colonists. 



Sub-genus Grampcs, Gray. — Head ghhular or sub-conical, 

 terminated by a snout vol dislingnishable from the profile of the 

 face ; teeth corneal and slightly curved inwards. 



Grampus Gladiator, Lacepede. Head convex above, slightly 

 tapering to the anterior extremity, which has no distinct snout ; 

 upper jaw rather longest ; teeth eleven on each side of both 

 jaws, strong, conical, and slightly curved inwards ; eyes placed 

 a little above and behind angles of mouth; opening of spiracles 

 over the eyes ; body very thick about the dorsal fin, from 

 whence it gradually tapering towards the caudal fin ; lower parts 

 as far as anus white, the hinder portion of the white three- 

 forked, the centre fork shortest, the lateral ones longest and 

 extend, one on each side, obliquely upwards and backwards; 

 behind and rather above the level of the eye a longitudinal 

 waved white stripe, pointed at both extremities ; all the other 

 parts of the animal deep shining black. Dorsal fin situated much 

 nearer the head than the tail, about three feet ten iaches high, 

 A'ery strong, triangular, straight, and tapering nearly to a point ; 

 pectoral fins short and broad ; caudal fin two-lobed with a 

 . slight notch behind opposite vertebral column, inner and hinder 

 edges of each lobe convex, outer edges towards points concave. 

 Length from i.osc to hinder edge of tail nineteen feet. 



Inhabits the seas about the Cape of Good Hope. 



Killer of the Whale Fishers. 



Sub-genus Phocjjna, Cuvier. — No beak, snout short and 



gibbous. 



Phoccena globiceps, Cuvier. Head rounded above and (er- 

 minated in front by a very short pointed and scarcely distinct 

 snout ; fiiiure slender in proportion to its length ; colour entirely 

 black, rather lightest beneath; dorsal fin low, slanting back- 

 ward, falcated behind, and placed nearer the tail than the head ; 

 hinder part of body strongly and sharply carinated above, 

 slightly below; tail fin slightly crescent-shaped and faintly 

 notched opposite termination of vertebral column ; pectoral 

 fins long, narrow, and pointed ; eyes situated immediately above 

 the angles of the mouth. Length from tip of snout to hinder 

 edge of caudal fin five feet and a half; from tip of snout to 

 anterior edge of dorsal fin twenty-three inches : from posterior 



