DELPIIINUS DELPIIIS. 51 



(PI. XXI, Fi^'. 1), closely resembles drawing No. 1 iu the natioual col- 

 lection, described on p. 45, but with the following differences: The 

 color of the light area of the sides in falvo/ascUitus is pinkish, rather 

 than yellow, and there is no appearance of the crossing of color below the 

 dorsal fin, which is commonly characteristic of I), delphis. The white 

 of the belly extends to the flnkes, which is not a common disi)Osition in 

 7>. delphis ; it is represente<l, however, in oar drawing ISTo. 2 (see [). 40). 

 Finally, the gray jnark at the base of the pectoral extends to the angle 

 of the mouth, rather than to the extremity of the mandible. 



Measurements applied to the figure agree very closely with M. Fisclier's 

 measurements of D. delphis and of specimens of the same in the National 

 Museum. The measurements given in the text* do not agree at all 

 with the figure and are evidently from the dry skin, as would appear 

 from the following remari<s: t " Ce dauphin a malheureusementperdu par 

 la dessiceation et le montage quelques-uns de ses caracteresJ^ 



I do not think that the differences pointed out are sufficient to war- 

 rant the separation o( fuh^ofasciatus from delphis. 



To the original description of D. nova>zealandicc, which Jacquinot and 

 Pucheran regarded as probably the same as their D. fiilcofasciatus, I 

 have not had access. 



D. Forsleri Gray. 



Delphinus ForsteHj Gray, is founded upon a drawing made by the 

 younger Forster. Forster's description of the individual from which 

 this drawing was made is mostly taken up with generic and super- 

 generic characters.^ 



The colors are described as follows : 



Color snpiii virenti-fusciis s. ferrcns, subtns albiis. Macula exolete alba discura 

 piimarniu dorsalis ot pectoralinin occnpat, fascia alba trans rostrnai. 



Gray translates Forster's description (Cat. Seals and Whales, p. 248) 

 and in the Synopsis {[A. 24) reproduces the drawing. The drawing does 

 not agree exactly with the original description, the "fascia alba trans 

 rostrum," for example, being replaced by a black band. The manner 

 in which the fins and flukes are depicted would lead one to believe that 

 the figure was from a specimen which had been dead for some time. The 

 eye is entirely too large. The indications of color-markings are very 

 unsatisfiictory. I do not think that the figure is sufficiently accurate 

 to merit serious consideration, but it may, perhaps, be pronouced an im- 

 perfect figure of i>. delphis. 



The " virenti-fuscus " of the back we find again in M. Fischer's figures, 

 PI. IV, fig. 1, and ri. V, fig. 2. 



As I have already stated, one of the specimens of B. delphis in the 



* Voyage an Pole snd, Zoologie, iii, 1853, p. 38. 



tL.c, p.37. 



\ Forster, Descriptionia animaliam, etc., 1844, p. 280, 



