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end. Pirsfc finger short, cartilaginoua : the second with six, the third 

 with fi.Te, the fourth with two, and the fifth with one bony joint. The 

 wrist bones all separated by broad cartilages. Shoulder-blade oblique, 

 truncated at the posterior angle. — Erom Flower. 



Teeth conical, large to small. 



" This genus," says Dr. Grray, " is at once known from Lageno- 

 rhyehus and Delphinus by the length, compression, and tapering form 

 of the beak of the skull." 



Steno rEONTATtJS,' Cuvier. The Fronted Dolphin. 



Synonyms — Delphinus frontatits, Cuvier, Owen. 



Steno frontatus, Gray, B. M. C. and Suppl. 



Teeth afa large, about two in an inch, often rather rugose. 



Dr. Dickie describes the animal as having the skin rough, the back 

 greyish black, and the belly dirty white, and the female being 9 feet 

 long. 



Inhab. Indian Ocean. 



Steno coMPEEssrs,^ Gray. The Narrow-beaked Dolphin. 



Teeth seia large, about two in an inch. 



" Beak of the skull compressed, attenuated in front." 



Inhab. South Seas. 



Steno eosteatus,^ Cuvier. The Beaked Dolphin. 



Synonyms — Delphinios rostratus, Cuvier, Reg. Anim., p. 289. 

 Delpldnus planiceps, Breda, 1829. 



DelpJiinorhyncus Bredanensis, Jardine, N. L., vol. vii., p. 252. 

 Steno-rostratus, Gray, Suppl. B. M. C, 1871, p. 65. 



Teeth jiia or zsi^, rather large, about two in an inch. 

 Ani mal black above, rosy- white beneath, having the lower part of the 

 sides black-spotted. 

 Inhab. North Sea. 



Steno Sinensis,* Osbeck. The Chinese White Dolphin. 

 Synonyms — Delphinus sinensis, Osbeck, Desmarest, Flower, Tran. Zool. 

 Soc, vol. vii. p. 151. 

 Steno sinensis (Ohinensis), Gray, Suppl. B. M. C, 1871, 

 p. 65. 

 Teeth S^, many much worn down, about three in an inch. 

 The animal is milkish white, with pinkish fins and black eyes, and in 

 length 7 feet 6 inches. 



Inhab. China — harbour of Amoy, Canton, and Foochow Eivera. 



1 Fronted. 



' Compressed. 



3 Beaked. 



♦ Sina, China, adj. sinemis. 



