192 DIODONS, OR TWO -TEETHED WHALES. 



large and festooned. The upper portion of the 

 head and body of the colour of polished steel, with 

 a number of lines and white streaks, occurring 

 without regularity ; belly white ; inside of the 

 mouth bluish- black. Length of the specimen fif- 

 teen feet. According to Risso, this species fre- 

 quents the depths of the Mediterranean, where it 

 is rare : he supplies no information regarding its 

 habits. 



We are glad we can present to the reader a 

 representation of the second species, according to 

 Lesson. It is the 



DIODON SOWERB1. 

 PLATE XII. 



Delphinus Sowerbi. Desmaret^ Blainville. 



OUR Plate of this beautiful animal was taken 

 from an individual cast ashore near Brodie -House, 

 Elginshire, and was described by Mr Sowerby in 

 his British Miscellany. We have not been able to 

 procure a sight of Risso's plate of the preceding 

 species, but no one can fail to remark a very striking 

 resemblance between Risso's description and the ani- 

 mal now under revie^ ; so much so, that notwith- 

 standing Lesson's authority, we are almost tempted 

 to think they must be identical. Their habitat can 

 scarcely have been the same 



