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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 Clupidae [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 Traill, Nicholson's journal, 22:81. 



1842 Globicephalus melas De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia 



P- 132. f 



1888 Globicephalus melas True, U. S. Nat. mus. Bui. 36, p. 133, 183. 



Type locality. Coast of England. 



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 find a 

 positive record of the blackfish, the animal probably occurs occasionally 

 on all parts of the coastline of the state. 



Principal records. De Kay, u 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) Killer 



1758 Delphinus orca Linnaeus, Systema naturae ed. io, 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. Bui. 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). Botlle.nosed whale 



1779 Balaena rostrata Chemnitz, Beschaft. der Berlin Gesell. Naturf. 

 Freunde. 4 : 183. 



1 84 1 Hyperoodon rostratus Wesmall, Nouv. mem. acad. roy. Belg. 



i3 : r -i3- 



1842 Rorqualus rostratus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 



p. 13°. 



