^ THE WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHIN 



THE WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHIN. 



Lagenorhynchus albirostris, Gray. 

 Plate 50. 



The White-beaked Dolphin measures from 7 to about 9^ feet in length. 

 The creamy-white beak is well pronounced and very distinct, in contrast to 

 the dark frontal portion of the head. The jaws contain about twenty-six 

 pairs of small sharp teeth in each. 



The dorsal fin is large and curved. 



In colour, the upper parts of the head and body are purplish black, the 

 beak, lips, throat, and under parts creamy white. 



The lips are often marked with spots of grey, and mottled patches also 

 occur on the sides of the shoulders and on the back. 



Like the White-sided Dolphin this species inhabits the North Atlantic, 

 frequenting Davis Straits, the seas of Greenland, and across to Scandinavia 

 and the British Islands, where examples have been stranded from time to 

 time on the coasts. Its habits, as far as we know, do not appear to differ 

 from those of other Dolphins. 



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