244 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



length of the nose equal to 1| of its breadth; whole 

 length about 9 Swedish feet, number of vertebrae 94 

 (the greatest number in any dolphin, and 12 more than 

 in the last). 

 Nilsson's description appears to be taken from a skeleton, 



and he adds, "if this is the same species as Gray's D. 



albirostus (which he fancies it is), the colour above is pure 



black; below white, dorsal fin high. Has been taken in the 



very south of the Sound. 



Gen. Tursio. 

 Subgenus Tursio. 



Body clumsy ; head blunt ; teeth few and conical ; from 

 7 to 24 in a jaw ; the tooth row in the under jaw shorter than 

 half the jaw. 



77. DELPHINUS TUESIO, Fab. Ore svin. The Bottle-nosed 



Dolphin. D. 



Teeth 22 to 24 on each side of jaw, straight, conical, 

 the thickness of a swan's quill, 2 to an inch; length 10 

 to 12 ft.; nose tolerably pointed, dorsal fin 10 in. high, 

 crescent-shaped behind ; colour above black, which by 

 degrees merges in the white underparts, sometimes 

 altogether black. 



Is principally confined to the North Sea, where it goes up 

 as far as Greenland, and sometimes seeks the coasts of Nor- 

 way, Sweden, and Denmark. 



78. D. OECA, Fab. Spack Huggare. The Grampus. D. 



Snout very short and obtuse ; dorsal fin very high ; 

 nose much more sloping, and the whole animal much 

 larger than the porpoise; teeth 11 to 12 on each jaw, 

 thick, blunt, crooked; colour glossy black above, below 

 pure white, a white spot above each eye. 



The largest recorded on these coasts was a specimen 

 noticed by Gunnorus, which was taken off the coast of Nor- 



