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linear-shaped spot ran in an oblique direction from slightly before 
the dorsal fin in the direction of the vent, and a larger one which 
measured about thirteen inches long and about three inches wide 
ran along the side behind the dorsal. 
The ear-opening was very small, and could be detected with 
difficulty, barely admitting an ordinary pin. 
The number of teeth in the upper jaws was twenty-three on 
each side, and in the lower jaws twenty-four and twenty-five, but 
some of them were barely through the gum, one or two at the 
front being mere denticles. They were sharp,conical, and curved 
inwards, and had a slight longitudinal groove on their anterior 
and posterior surfaces. They seemed to be quite free and movable. 
The lower jaw projected slightly beyond the upper. Owing to 
insufficient facilities for maceration a few of the teeth were lost, 
and for a like reason I have been unable with certainty to note the 
number of vertebrae, some of the smaller being merely cartilage. 
Previous to maceration I had counted ninety vertebre. The first 
two cervical vertebre are anchylosed, the remainder free. 
I have not any doubt that this individual is a young Delphinus 
albirostris, or more properly Lagenorhynchus albirostris, Gray. 
I may remark that the figure by Brightwell, copied by 
Bell, in his ‘ British Quadrupeds,’ is very far from correct, that of 
Mr. Clark, as I have already said, approaching nearer to this 
one. Some interesting anatomical peculiarities have been noted 
by Mr. Clark, Drs. Cunningham and Maurie, in their respective 
papers. 
ON THE ALLEGED FORMER EXISTENCE OF THE 
PTARMIGAN IN CUMBERLAND AND WALES. 
By A. G. More, F.L.S. 
I nave been lately endeavouring to trace back the record, 
so often repeated, of the former existence of the Ptarmigan in 
Cumberland and Wales; but hitherto with very unsatisfactory 
results. Iam therefore led to ask the readers of ‘ The Zoologist’ 
if any one can help me with a reference to any writer contem- 
poraneous with, or earlier than, Pennant, who appears to have 
been the first to publish the locality of Keswick, which, with the 
addition of Wales, is repeated a few years later by Latham in his 
‘General Synopsis.’ 
