GLOBIOCEPHALID^. 83 



2. Grampus Cuvieri. B.M. 



Grampus Cuvieri, Gray^ I.e. p. 295, fig. 60 j Syncyps. Whales 8f Dolph. 



p. 9. 

 Grampus griseus, Gervais, Osteog. Cet. t. 54. figs. 1-6. 



Inhab. North Sea, Hampshire. 



tt Triangle in front of the hloivers short, broad. 



3. Grampus Richardsonii. 



Grampus Richardsonii, Gray, I.e. p. 299 j Synops. Whales ^- Doljjh. 

 p. 9. 



Inhab. Cape of Good Hope. 



Family 12. GLOBIOCEPUALID^. 



Globiocephalidse, Gray, I. e. pp. 62, 313 ; Synops. TThales ^ Dolph. p. 8. 

 Head blunt, very much swollen. Teeth in the front part of both 

 jaws, cylindrical, simple ; symphysis very short, shorter than the 

 tooth-line. Dorsal fin falcate. Pectoral fin low down on the sides 

 of the body ; fingers elongate, many-jointed. Atlas and the rest of 

 cervical vertebrae united, or the hinder one free. Scapula triangular, 

 with large coracoid and acromion processes. Arm-bones very short. 

 Metacarpal bones in cartilage. The two middle fingers very long, 

 of twelve to ten joints ; the rest of the fingers short, of three or 

 four phalanges ; index finger short, slender, four-jointed ; ring- 

 finger shorter, three-jointed ; little finger very short, of one pha- 

 lange. Breast-bone of three separate pierced pieces ; the hinder 

 one narrow. 



1. GLOBIOCEPHALUS. 



Globiocephalus, Gray, I. e. p. 313 ; Synops. Whales 8f Dolph. p. 8. 

 Skull : — palate flat ; beak rather tapering in front. First to sixth 

 cervical vertebrae anchylosed into one mass, seventh free. 

 Vertebra 58 or 59 :— C. 7. D. 11. L. and C. 40 or 41. 



* Blaek, with a white streak beneath. 



1. Globiocephalus svineval. B.M. 



Globiocephalus svineval, Gray, I. e. 314 ; Synops. Whales ^ Dolph. 

 p. 8. 



Inhab. North Sea, coast of England. The Pilot Whale. 



1. Globiocephalus melas, Gervais, Osteog. Cet. t. 51. 



Delphinus globiceps, JRisso, Europe Merid. vol. iii. f 1. 



Inhab. Mediterranean. 



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