CETACEA. 87 



1. GLOBIOCEPHALUS SVINEVAL. The PILOT WHALE, 



Black, streak from throat to vent (sometimes dilated into a 

 cross band) white; teeth ff to ff, rarely ff. Fleming. The 

 upper surface of the maxillaries and intermaxillaries rugose in 

 front; intermaxillaries form a triangular patch in front of the 

 palate. Second and third cervical vertebrae co-ossified. 



Petit Cachalot, Daub. Acad. Sci. 1782, 1. 1, cop. Bonnat. Cetol. t. 



Cachalot Svineval, Lacep. Cet. 216, not Syn. Sibbald. 



Narwal edente, Camper, Cetac. t. 33, 34. 



Grampus globiceps, Gray, Spic. Zool. 2, 1828. 



Ca'ing Whale, Neill, Orkney and Shetland, 1836, 221. 



Delphinus Melas, Trail, Nichol. Journ. xxii. 1809, 21. t. 



D. deductor, " Trail," Scoresby, Arct. Reg. i. 496. t. 13. f. 1, 



1820, cop. Jardine Whales, t. 17; Bell, B. Q. 483. fig. 

 D. globiceps, Cuv. Ann. Mus. xix. 1. 1. f. 2. ? , 1812 (cop. Schreb. 



t. 345. f. 2, 3); Oss. Foss. v. 285. t. 21. f. 11, 13; Schreb. 



Saugth. t. 345 ; Blainville, Journ. Phys. 1817, 74. t. 6; Desm. 



Mamm.8\9-, Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 512. 

 Phocaena globiceps, Lesson, Man. 416. 

 Delphinus Grampus, Cat. Mus. Col. Surg. n. 1137. 

 Globiocephalus Svineval, Gray, Zool. Ereb. Sf Terror, 32. 

 ANAT. Daubenton, Mem. Acad. Sci. 1782, t. 4, cop. Lacep. Cet. 



t. 9. f. 2 ; Bonnat. Cet. t. 6. f. 2. 



Black Whale, Howling Whale, Social Whale, Bottle-head, Sailors. 

 Hab. North Sea. 



a. Skull. Orkneys. Presented by Prof. Trail. 



b. Lower jaw half- grown ? 



c. Adult, stuffed. English Coast. 



Dr. Fleming gives the following measurements : 



ft. in. 



Length of animal, entire . . 19 6 



of pectoral 3 6 



of dorsal 2 3 



Width of pectoral 1 6 



of tail 5 



Height of dorsal 1 3 



Circumference 10 



The following are the measurements of three skulls, in feet and 

 inches : 1. is in the British Museum, 2. Mus. Coll. Surg. n. 1137, 

 and 3. n. 1138 of the same collection : 



