584 ME. W. R. B. OLIVER : REVIEW OF THE 



of which 3 are two-headed. Costal ribs 8, of which 5 articulate 

 with the sternum. Sternum of one piece. Phalanges : 2, 9, 7,2,1. 

 (6) Porirua. Skull in Dominion Museum. Described by Hector 

 (1872). 



Lyttelton Harhour. — Skeleton in Canterbury Museum, from 

 Governor's Bay, 1896. Vertebra) : C. 7, D. 15, L. 20, Ca. 33 = 75. 

 Ribs 15, of which 5 are two-headed, the last pair small, half the 

 length of the 14th. Costal ribs 8, of wdiich 4 appear to articulate 

 directly with the sternum. Sternum of one piece, appai-ently of 

 three fused segments. Pelvic bones curved, I'od-like, about 

 8 cm. long. 



There is a skeleton from New Zealand in the British Museum. 

 True (Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 36, p. xxxvi, 1889) gives the measure- 

 ments of the skull. 



TURSIOPS. 



Ttcrsiojys Gervais, 1855, Hist. Nat. Mamm. vol. ii. p. 323 ; 

 type, Delphinus tursio Fabricius ( = D. truncatKS Montagu). 



TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS. 



Delphinus truncatus Montagu, 1815, Wern. Trans, vol, iii. pi. 5. 

 Tursio metis Gray, Hector, 1873, Trans. N.Z. Inst. vol. v. p. 162 ; 

 id. 1877, 1. c. vol. ix. p. 477, pis. 11, 12; Hutton, 1876, 1. c. 

 vol. viii. p. 180. Tursiops tursio (Fabr.), Hector, 1885, 1. c. 

 vol. xvii. p. 210. Beluga kingii (not Gray) Hector, 1873, Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xi. p. 105 ; id. 1873, Trans. N.Z. Inst. 

 vol. V. p. 163. Delphina2yterus leucas (not Pallas) Hector, 1885. 

 1. c. vol. xvii. p. 209. 



The Cowfish appears to be widely disti-ibuted, having been 

 recorded from localities as distant as the North Sea and New 

 Zealand. In the latter place it has been recorded from both 

 east and west coasts of the South Island. 



Lyttelton Harhour. — Skeleton in Canterbury Museum, from 

 Governors Bay, 1895. Teeth |i. Vertebrae : C. 7, D. 13, L, 17, 

 Ca. 27=64. Two cervicals fused. Ribs 13, with a vestige about 

 4 cm. long on the right side only of a 14th. Costal ribs 9, of 

 which the first is rather broad and thick, five articulate directly 

 and four indirectly with the sternum. Sternum of 4 segments, 

 the anterior curved iipwards and notched in front and with a 

 minute perforation in the centre. 



Otago Harbou,r. — 1913. Skull and cast in Otago Museum. 



Busky Sound. — («) Skull in Otago Museum. 1898. (6) Skeleton 

 in Otago Museum. Captured in Useless Bay, 10th May, 1875. 

 Exterior and skull described by Hutton. Teeth |-|. (c) Skeleton 

 in Dominion Museum. Captured in Useless Bay, 10th May, 1875, 

 Described by Hector (1877). Teeth |-|. The anterior pair, upper 

 and lower small, not projecting above the alveoli. Vertebrae : 

 C. 7, D. 12, L. 17, Ca. 28=64. Two cervicals fused. Ribs 12, 

 of which 4 are two-headed. Costal ribs 10, of which 5 articulate 



