SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Icon. EncyC' Cetol. Cuvier Menag. Nat. Lacep. Get. 

 Habitat. All our seas. 



910. 2. D. Gladiator (Sword-fish.) Body and tail elongated; 

 head convex ; muzzle short and rounded ; jaws equal ; teeth 

 sharp and curved ; dorsal fin near the neck, and elevated 

 one-fifth of the length of the body ; twenty-three to twenty- 

 five feet long. 



Swerd-fisch, Anderson. Poisson a Sabre, Pages. Del- 

 phinus Maximus, Olafsen. Dauphin Epee, De Mer. Bon- 

 naterre. D. Gladiateur, Lacep. Cuv. Regne. An. 



Icon. Lacep. 



Habitat. Sea of Spitzbergen, Davis's Straits, coast of 

 New England. 



Obs. This is joined to the following by the Baron. 



911. 3. D . Grampus (Ovsiva^ViS.) Colour blackish above ; 

 white belly ; twenty-five feet long. 



Epaulard, des Saintongeois. Orca, 0th. Fred. Muller. 

 Butkopf of the Dutch. Our Grampus. D. Grampus, 

 Hunter. D. Orca, Linn.y GmeL, Shaw. Dauphin Epaulard, 

 Bonnaterre. Cachalot d' Anderson, Duhamel. 



Icon. Shaw, Lacep., Duhamel. 



Habitat- North Atlantic. 



912. 4. D. Peronii (Peron's Dolphin.) Forms, propor- 

 tions, and size of the Porpus ; back bluish-black ; belly, 

 sides, end of muzzle, fins, and tail, bright white. 



Dauphin du Peron, Lacep. Dauphin Leucoramphe, 

 Peron. 



Icon. 



Habitat. Great Austral Ocean. 



913. 5. D. Commersonii (Commerson's Dolphin.) Silvery 



384" 



