120 CETACEA. 



fi- f; triangle scarcely extended in front of the teeth-line; 

 palate flat ; lower jaw oblique, compressed and flat on the sides, 

 rather turned up at the tip ; intermaxillaries convex behind, nose 

 tapering in front. 



This last is perhaps D.frontalis (Dussum. Cuv. R. A. i. 288). 



" Black, belly white, with a lead-coloured band from angle of 

 mouth to pectoral. 



"Inhab. Cape Verd." 



3. DELPHINUS LORIGER. 



Lead-coloured ; middle of sides, chest and belly white ; lead- 

 coloured, rather flexuous line from orbit to the lumbar region. 



Delphinus loriger, Schreb. Saugth. t. 362? 



Delphinus loriger, Wiegmann; Reichb. Naturg. Cetac. 12, 41. 



t. 16. f. 51. 

 Inhab. ? 



** Skull roundish j triangle just to the teeth-line; palate with 

 a deep groove on each side, and a high, central ridge behind. 



t Beak moderate, 1 J the length of the brain-cavity. Teeth J fg. 

 16. DELPHINUS DELPHIS. The DOLPHIN. 



Black, sides grey, beneath white ; the dorsal moderate ; teeth 

 H ( Schlegel)-, nose of skull half as long again as the length 

 of the brain-cavity. 



D. vulgaris, Lacep. Cet. 250. t. 14, skull. 



D. antiquorum, Ray, Will. Pise. 28. t. A 1. f. 1. 



Delphinus Delphis, Linn. S. N. i. 108; Bonnat. Cet. 20. t. 10. 



f. 2; Schreb. Saugth. t. 343; Desm. Mam. 514; F. Cuv. Cet. 



123; Mam. Lith. t. ; Jardine's Whales, t. 23, cop. Bell's 



Brit. Quad. 463. fig. ; Cuvier, Mam. Lit hog. t. ; Schlegel, 



Abh. i. 20. t. 4. f. 2, teeth; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. v. 275. t. 21. 



f. 9, 10; Gray, Zool. E. fy T. 40. t. 26, tongue and foetus. 

 D. Delphinus, Pliny, H. N. ix. c. 7, 8 ; Bellon, Aquat. 7. fig. ; 



Rondel. Pise. 459. fig. ; Aldrov. Pise. 704. fig. ; Willoughb. 



Pise. 28. t. A 1. f. 1 ; Klein, Miss. Pise. ii. 24. t. 3. f. a. 

 Dolphin, Shaw, Zool. ii. 507. t. 229. 

 Dauphin ordinaire, Cuv. R. A. i. 278. 

 AN AT. Cuvier, Oss. Foss. v. t. 21. f. 9, 10; Lacep. 1. 14. 

 Inhab. North Sea. Atlantic Ocean. 



a, b, c. Stuffed specimens. English coast. Presented by 

 Messrs. J. and C. Grove. 

 ? a. Skull, large. 



