26 DELPHTNTD^. 



b. Cranium. (1470 6.) 



From the Zoological Society. 



c. Cranium. (1470 c— 58. 10. 18. 2.) 



Jamaica. J. H. (jurney, Esq., 1858 [P.]. 



3. Delphinus pomeegra. 



Delpliinus pomeegra, Owen, Tr. Z. S. vi. p. 23, pi. vi. fig. 3, & pi. viii. 

 figs. 1-4. 



a. Cranium. (1478 a— 66. 2. 5. 5.) 



Madras seas. Sir Walter Elliot, K.C.S.I. [P.]. 



Type of species. 



It does not appear to differ materially from Gray's D. janira, 

 and is probably only a small variety of D. delphis. 



4. Delphinus capensis. 



Delphinus capensis, Gray, Sjnc. Zool. p. 2, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1828). 



a. Stuffed specimen. (41. 17. 34.) 



Cape of Good Hope {Captain Heaviside). 



Transferred from the Museum of the Royal College of 

 Surgeons, 1841. 

 Type of species. 



The skull was removed in 1884, and proves to be that of a true 

 Delpliinus, but with a longer rostrum than any other in the Col- 

 lection except the following. 



5. Delphinus major. 



Delphinus major, Gray, Cat. S. ^- W. (1866) p. 396. 



a. Skull. (1472 a— 52. 10. 5. 2.) 



Purchased, 1852. 

 Type of species. 



Differs from D. delphis only in its larger size ; maj^ be the 

 same as the last. 



13. TUESIOPS. 



Tm'siops, Gervais, Hist. Nat. Mamm. ii. p. 323 (1855). 



1. Tursiops tui'sio. 



(The Common Tursio.) 



? Delphinus tursio, Fabr. Faun. Grcenl. p. 49 (1780). 

 D. tm-sio, Bonn. Cet. p. 21 (1780). 



D. truncatus, Montagu, Mem. Wcrn. Sac. iii. p. 75 (1821). 

 Tursio truncatus. Gray, Cat. S. *§• W. p. 258 (1866). 



a. Coloured cast of head ; male. (83. 12. 24. 5.) 



Cherrystone Point, Virginia. U. S. Government [P.]. 



