124 SEALS AND WHALES OF THE BRITISH SEAS. 



BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN. 



The BoTTLE-NOSED DOLPHiN {Delphinus titrsio, Fab. ; Tursio truncatus, 

 Gray), fig. 28, appears to be found occasionally from the Mediterranean to the 

 North Sea ; it is by no means, however, a common species. Professor Flower 

 says it " is rare in the Mediterranean, though Gervais gives several instances 



Fig. 28. Bottle-nosed Dolphin {Delphinus tursio, Fabiicius.) 



of its capture in the Gulf of Lyons. It probably has a more northern 

 range than D, delphis ; but, as in the case of that species, there is still 

 much obscurity as to the exact limits of its distribution."* A specimen 

 was seen in January, 1873, in the fishmarket at Algiers, by Mr. J. W. Clark, 

 of Cambridge. 



* Trans. Zool. Soc, vol. xi., p. 5. 



