CETACEA. MAMMALIA. 3 



Fam. Leporidce. 

 13. LEPUS, Linn. 



17. L. Hi6ernicus,\ Bell. Irish Hare. 

 L. variabilis, J Pall. Alpine Hare. 



Shewn by Mr. Thompson at the Meeting of the British Associa- 

 tion in 1843, to be the same species. 



18. L. cuniculus, Linn. Rabbit. common. 



Order CETACEA. 



Fam. Delpliinidce. 

 14. DELPHINUS, Cuv. 



19. D. delphis, Linn. Common Dolphin. 



15. PHOCLENA, Cuv. 



20. P. communis, Cuv. Common Porpoise. 



21. P. orca, Linn, (sp.) Grampus. 



22. P. melas, Traill. (sp.) Round-headed Porpoise. Frequently 

 captured in large companies on different parts of the coast. 



Fam. Physeteridce. 



16. PHYSETER, Linn. 



23. P. macrocephalus, Linn. Spermaceti Whale. One at Clay 

 Castle, near Youghal, about 70 years since. One at Castlehaven, 

 60 feet long, supposed to have been a Spermaceti Whale, is men- 

 tioned amongst others by Smith. Hist. Cork, vol. 2. p. 299. 1750. 



Fam. Balcenidce. 

 17. BALOSNOPTERA, Lacep. 



24. B. Boops, Linn, (sp.) Northern Rorqual A whale 85 feet 

 long, stranded many years ago at Crookhaven, and the jaws of 

 which form an arch at the entrance of Aghadown, (Col. Beecher's) 

 I presume to have been of this species. Ibid. 



Another individual, which, from the particulars kindly sent me 

 by my friends George Armstrong & J. Fitz-Henry Townsend, Esqrs. 

 1 have little hesitation in referring to this species also, ran in 

 amongst the rocks at Glandore Harbour this summer (1844), and 

 was taken. It was a male, and measured 74 feet in length and 30 

 in girth. Length of head about 18 feet ; gape from point of nose 

 to angle of mouth, 16 feet. The longest plates of baleen were 2 

 feet, the shortest 6 inches. Tail 18 feet from tip to tip. One small 

 thick dorsal fin at a distance of 9 feet from the tail. The colour 

 was black above, and a mottled grey on the under surface. The 

 skin of the belly and under parts was thrown into very distinct 

 longitudinal folds. The pectoral fins were of enormous power, but 

 their measurement is not given. 



