77 



The dimensions alluded to are as follows, to which are added several 

 other particulars : 



Teeth H^, small, fire in an inch. 



Palate flat, without deep longitudinal channels on each side. 



Feet Inches. Lines. 



Entire length of skull ............ 18 3 



Length of beak, from tip to maxillary notch ... 11 8 

 Length of tooth-line, from tip to posterior edge 



of last tooth ............... 9 11 



Length of ramus of lower jaw ......... 15 7 



Length of symphysis of lower jaw (nearly one- 



seventh of ramus) ............ 2 3 



"Width of beak at maxillary notch ...... 3 10 



Width of beak at its middle ......... 2 2 



Width of skull at the orbits ......... 6 



Length of animal, a female ......... 6 8 6 



Colour : above, dark -reddish brown, almost black along the back ; 

 beneath, dull dirty white. 



DELPHESTS PTOCTATrs, 1 Gray. The Spotted Dolphin. 

 Synonym Delphinus punctatus, Gray, S. and W., p. 398. 

 " Teeth g small, five in an inch. 



" Upper portion black ; sides with minute white spots ; sides of the 

 body above the base of the pectoral fin to the base of the tail blackish 

 grey, which colour is obliquely extended as a lunate band from behind 

 the vent to the back near the base of the tail." Gray, S. and "W., 

 p. 398. 



Inhab : North Atlantic Ocean. 



EUPHBOSTXE, Gray. The Euphrosyne. 

 Synonym Delphinus Euphrosyne, Gray, S. and TV., p. 251. 

 Delphinus Holbollii, Eschricht. 

 Clymenia Euphrosyne, Gray, Suppl., p. 70. 

 Teeth, 535, about five in an inch. 

 Inhab : North Sea, Coast of England, South Atlantic. 



DELPHESTS PE-SKATUS,* E. Cuvier. The Bridled Dolphin. 

 Synonym Delphinus frcenatus, E. Cuvier, Pucheran, &c. 



Tursio fraenatus, Gray. S. and W., p. 256. 

 Teeth j^, about five in an inch. 



Colour : above blackish ; sides ashy ; belly white ; end of the tail 

 black beneath ; dark band from the angle of the mouth under the eye, 

 whence the specific name ; length 4 feet 6 inches. (This probably is a 

 misprint.) 



Inhab : Cape de Yerd. 



1 Pierced with minute spots. 

 1 Bridled, {romfranum, a bridle. 



