

77 



The dimensions alluded to are as follows, to which are added several 

 other particulars : 



Teeth 4^-, small, five in an inch. 



Palate flat, without deep longitudinal channels on each side. 



Feet. Inches. Lines. 



Entire length of skull 18 3 



Length of beak, from tip to maxillary notch ... 11 8 

 Length of tooth-line, from tip to posterior edge 



of last tooth 9 11 



Length of ramus of lower jaw ... ... ... 15 7 



Length of symphysis of lower jaw (nearly one- 

 seventh of ramus) ... ... ... ... 



"Width of beak at maxillary notch 3 10 



Width of beak at its middle 2 2 



"Width of skull at the orbits 6 



Length of animal, a female ... ... ... 6 8 6 



Colour : above, dark-reddish brown, almost black along the back ; 

 beneath, dull dirty white. 



DELPHINTJS PTJNCTATTJS/ Gray. The Spotted Dolphin. 

 Synonym DelpJiinus punctatus, Gray, .S. and W., p. 398. 



Teeth &'-& small, five in an inch. 



" Upper portion black ; sides with minute white spots ; sides of the 

 body above the base of the pectoral fin to the base of the tail blackish 

 grey, which colour is obliquely extended as a lunate band from behind 

 the vent to the back near the base of the tail." Gray, S. and "W., 

 p. 398. 



Inhab : North Atlantic Ocean. 



DELPHINTTS EUPHROSYNE, Gray. The Euphrosyne. 

 Synonym Delpliinus EupJirosyne, Gray, S. and W., p. 251. 

 DelpJiinus Holbollii, Eschricht. 

 Clymenia EupJirosyne, Gray, SuppL, p. 70. 

 Teeth, :, about five in an inch. 

 Inhab : North Sea, Coast of England, South Atlantic. 



DELPHEOIS FE^NATUS, 2 P. Cuvier. The Bridled. Dolphin. 

 Synonym DelpJiinus franatus, P. Cuvier, Pucheran, &c. 



Tursiofrcenatus, Gray. S. and W., p. 256. 

 Teeth 4:34, about five in an inch. 



Colour : above blackish ; sides ashy ; belly white ; end of the tail 

 black beneath ; dark band from the angle of the mouth under the eye, 

 whence the specific name ; length 4 feet 6 inches. (This probably is a 

 misprint.) 



Inhab : Cape de Yerd. 



1 Pierced with minute spots. 



2 Bridled, from /res/mm, a bridle. 



