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DELPHINTS CoMPBESsicAUDrs 1 , LessOn. The Compressed-tailed 



Dolphin. 



Synonyms PJioc&na compressicauda, Lesson, I\ Cuvier. 



Tursio compressicaudus, Gray, S. & W., p. 266. 

 Teeth S, small, about five in an inch. 



Lead-coloured, belly whitish, base of tail compressed on each side. 

 Inhab : Western Coast, Africa. ? 



DELPHESTJS CHAMISSONIS, Weigm. The White-muzzled Dolphin. 



Synonyms DelpJiinus chamissonis, Weigm, Schreber. 



DelpJiinus albiro stratus^ Peale, Expl. Exped. 



Dark blue-grey, fins and back nearly black, a dark line connects the 

 corner of the mouth with the pectoral fin ; front and sides dark grey, 

 covered with small vermicular white spots ; end of snout white ; com- 

 missure of the lips pale yellow. 

 Inhab : Pacific Ocean. 



DELPHIC-US QBSCURTis 2 , Gray. The Dusky Dolphin. 



Synonyms Tursio olscurus, Gray, S. & W, p. 264. 

 Clymenia olscura, Gray, Suppl., p. 71. 

 PJioccena australis, Peale, II. S. Expl. Exped. 



Teeth ^ to IS, about five in an inch. 



Colour, black above, with oblique diverging streaks on the sides ; 

 underneath whitish. 

 Inhab : South Pacific. 



** Teeth between five and six in an inch. 



DELPHHSTS CLTMENE, 3 Gray. The Clymene. 



Synonyms DelpJiinus Clymene, Gray, S. & W., p. 249. 

 Clymenia normalis, Gray, Suppl., p. 70. 



Teeth 45-40, small, nearly six in an inch. 

 Skull only known. 

 Inhab : ? 



DELPHINUS LATEEALIS*, Peale. The Side-banded Dolphin. 



Synonyms DelpJiinus later alls, Peale IT. S. Expl. Exped. Gray, 



S. & W., p. 254. 

 Teeth S3 



A dark-coloured lateral line, edged by spots, separates the colours of 

 the upper and under parts of the body, the latter being of a light 



1 Compressus, compressed, and cauda, the tail. 

 3 Blackish, dusky. 



3 Clymene. 



4 Lateralis, belonging to the side. 



