THE WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHIN NEAR THE BELL ROCK. 43 
and came into the hands of Mr. Walker, a fish merchant in the 
city, who presented it to the Kelvingrove Museum on the 9th. 
It was in good condition. 
The following are a few measurements taken at the time :— 
Total length - - : - - - att. 8 “in. 
Length of muzzle - - - - - Oe MIS he 
» to eye - : - - - OR Aiatsee) 
» to blow-hole - : - - OF, HO: wz 
» to ears 2 = : Or, ples 
» to pectoral limbs - Jicarrettlibe, Hey 
Ptordorsaly., i - : - Dot: tba 8 
» Of pectoral - - - - = iO eaea en eae 
Greatest breadth of pectoral - - - Oh sd 
Breadth of caudal - - . - - Ons mots 
Height of dorsal - 2 = - < OA Tae 
Circumference of thickest part : - Tee Gr aera 
Width of orbit 2 - - - . Oo. OF. ys 
Width of blow-hole - - - - Onnegelase 
Skull :—Length, entire - - - : ee Osa: 
Fe Length of nose, from front of blow-hole 0 ,, 73 ,, 
A Width at orbit - - - - Out Spars; 
us Width in front of notches (base of beak) 0 ,, 324 ,, 
-F Width of middle of beak - - Onste Q2i8, 
a Width of lower jaw at condyles - OF 5 e52 aes 
55 Width of lower jaw, along one side 0. 10 
from condyles to symphysis } a Hh 
In shape and colour it resembled more closely the Lowestoft 
specimen described by Mr. Clark, the body tapering gradually 
from the dorsal fin, and, like the female described by Mr. South- 
well, it did not exhibit the humped appearance described by 
Dr. Cunningham. The beaked shape of the head was very 
marked, the upper lip projecting one inch and a half beyond the 
head, which had a gradually rounded outline. On each side of 
the upper lip were four black bristles which projected but slightly 
through the skin. 
The general colour above was a beautiful purplish black, the 
entire beak from the furrow dividing it from the head and the 
ventral surface till within twenty-one inches from the cleft of 
the tail was a satiny white, slightly yellowish on the under 
surface. Above the pectoral fins and behind the eye was a greyish 
white spot, thickly splashed or streaked with brown; a similar 
