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t. PSEUDORCA. 

 Pseudorca, Reinhardt, Overs. Dan. Selsk. Fork. 1862, p. 161. 



1. Pseudorca crassidens. 



Pliocnena crassidens, Owen, Brit. Foss. Maniui. p. 516 (184G). 



Psi'iidorca crassidous, Reinhardt, loc. cit. 



Orca meridionalis, Flower, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 420*. 



Articulated skeleton. (1506 a.) 



Adventure Bay, Tasmania. Purchased, 1866. 



One of a herd stranded together in Adventure Bay, the ske- 

 letons of four of which were prepared by direction of Mr. W. L. 

 Crowther. Of the others, two are in the Museum of the Iloyal 

 College of Surgeons, and one in that of Cambridge University. 



8. GLOBICEPHALUS. 



GlobicepLala, Lesson, N. Tab. da Rhjne Animal, Mamm. p. 200 (1842). 

 Globiocephalus, Gray, Zool. Freb. ^- Terr. p. 32 (1846) . 

 Globicepbahis, Vcdi Beneden <^- Gervais, Ostcoyr. Cetaces, p. 5i'34. 

 Globiceps, Flower, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 508, preoccupied (see P. Z. S. 

 1884, p. 418). 



1. GloMcephalus melas. 



(Pilot- whale, Ca'ing Whale, or Round-headed Whale.) 



Delpbinus melas, Traill, Nicholson^s Journ. xxii. p. 81 (1809). 

 Delpbinus globiceps, Cnvier, Ann. Mus. xix. p. 14 (1812). 

 Globiocephalus svineval (Lacep.), Gray, Zool. Freb. iff Terr. p. 32 



A. Specimens from the Northern Hemisphere. 



a. Stuffed specimen ; young (seven feet in length). (44. 3. 26. 1.) 



English coast. Purchased, 1844. 



b. Coloured cast of head ; adult. (83. 12. 24. 3.) 



South Dennis, Mass., U. S. A. U. S. Government, 1883 [P.]. 

 From the U. S. National Museum. 



c. Coloured cast of head ; young. (83. 12. 24. 4.) 



South Dennis, Mass., U. S. A. U. S. Government, 1883 [P.]. 

 The margins of the lips are represented as being white, an 

 unusual coloration in this species. 



d. Articulated skeleton. (363 7i— 53. 8. 22. 1.) 



Coast of Ireland. P. C. Brabazon, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Skeleton ; female. (363 i— 68. 1. 30. 1.) 



Firth of Forth, April 1867. Purchased, 1868. 



The animal from which this was jirepared contained a foetus, 



* See Oat. Osteol. and Dentition of Vertebrated Animals, in Mua. Eoy. Coll. 

 Surgeons of England, Part II. p. 573 (1884). 



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