444 



DELPHINIl)^. 



Total length in straight line . 



, , follov.'ing curve of back 



Greatest girth of body . 

 Length of flipper along anterior margin 

 Breadth of ,, 



of tail .... 



As the White Whale was the type of Lacepede's genus 

 Delphinapterus, it must retain that title, which has generally 

 been misapplied to Peron's Dolphin, the Delphinus peronii 

 of Lacepede and Leucoramphus peronii of Lilljeborg. 



Our figure is a copy of the plate illustrating Drs. Neil 

 and Barclay's paper alluded to above. 



