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Principal records. De Kay, ‘‘ The porpoise, or porpess, is common in 
our rivers and bays, chiefly in the spring and summer months, where 
they appear in the train of the migratory C/idae [herrings], among 
which they make great havoc” (’42 p. 134). Fisher, ‘‘ Common in the 
[ Hudson] river [near Sing Sing] during the summer months, occasion- 
ally coming into the shallow water of the cove” (’96 p. 200). 
Globicephalus melas (Traill) Blackfish 
1809 Delphinus melas Yraill, Nicholson’s journal, 22: 81. 
1842 Globicephalus melas De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia . 
pee: 
1888 Globicephalus melas True, U.S. Nat. mus. Bul. 36, p. 133, 183. 
Type locality. Coast of ngland. 
Distribution in New York. While the eastern end of Long Island is 
the only locality in New York from which I have been able to finda 
positive record of the blackfish, the animal probably occurs occasionally 
on all parts of the coastline of the state. 
Principal records. De Kay, ‘In 1834, I received an account of the 
capture of two others [blackfish] on the east end of Long Island. The 
details furnished on that occasion enabled me to refer them with exact- 
ness to this species” (42 p. 133). 
~Orca orca (Linnaeus) Azller 
1758 Delphinus orca Linnaeus, Systema naturae ed. 10,1:77. — 
1842 Phocaena orca De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia p. 135. 
1888 Orca orca Jordan, Manual of the vertebrate animals of the 
northern United States. ed. 5, p. 331. 
1888 Orca gladiator True, U.S. Nat. mus. Bul. 36, p. 187. 
/\ Type locality. Coast of Europe. 
Distribution in New York. ‘The killer has been found on the coast of 
Long Island. 
Principal records. De Kay, ‘‘I have seen them off the coast of Long 
Island, on several occasions” (’42 p. 135). 
Hyperoodon rostratus (Chemnitz). Bottle.nosed whale 
1779 Balaena rostrata Chemnitz, Beschaft. der Berlin Gesell. Naturf. 
Ereunde r4uose i 
1841 Hyperoodon rostratus Wesmall, Nouv. mem. acad. roy. Belg. 
1348 Ws 
1842 Rorgualus rostratus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 
P- 130. 
