26 DELPHINtD^. 



6. Cranium. , . (^^TO 6.) 



From the Zoological bociety. 



c. Cranium. (1470 <^58. 10. 18. 2 ) 



Jamaica. J- H. Gurney, Esq., 1858 [P.]. 



3. DelpMnus pomeegra. 



Delphinus pomeegra, Owen, Tr. Z. S. vi. p. 23, pi. vi. fig. 3, & pi. viii. 

 , figs. 1-4. 

 a. Cranium. (1478 a— 66. 2. 5. 5.) 



Madras seas. Sir Walter EUiot, K.C.S.I. [P.]. 



Type of species. 



It does not appear to differ materially from Gray's D. janira, 

 and is probably only a small variety of D. del/phis. 



4. Delphinns capensis. 



Delphinus capensis, Gray, Spic. Zool. p. 2, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1828). 



a. Stuffed specimen. (41. 17. 34.) 



Cape of Good Hope ( Captain Heaviside). 



Transferred from tte Museum of the Eoyal College of 

 Surgeons, 1841. 

 Type of species. 



The skull was removed in 1884, and proves to be that of a true 

 Delphinus, but with a longer rostrum than any other in the Col- 

 lection except the following. 



5. DelphixLUS major. 



Delphinus major, Or ay. Cat. S. ^ W. (1866) p. 396. 



a. Skull. (1472 0—52. 10. 5. 2.) 



Purchased, 1852. 

 Type of species. 



Differs from D. delphis only in its larger size; may be the 

 same as the last. 



13. TUESIOPS. 



Tursiops, Gervais, Hist. Nat. Mamm. ii. p. 323 (1855). 



1. Tursiops tvirsio. 



(The Common Tursio.) 



? Delphinus tursio, Fahr. Favn. Grmrd. p. 49 (1780) 

 D. tursio, Bom. CM. p. 21 (1789). 



D. trunoatus, Montagu, Mem. Wern. Soe. iii. p. 75 (1821). 

 Tursio trunoatus, Gray, Cat. S. ^ W. p. 258 (1866). 



a. Coloured cast of head ; male. (83. 12. 24. 5.) 



Cherrystone Point, Virginia. U. 8. Government [P.j. 



