7. OKCA. 279 



Phooaena, sp., Wagler, N. 8. Amph. 34. 

 Grampus, sp., Oray, in Brookes' s Cat. 40, 1828. 

 Delphinus, sp., Linn. ; lUiger, Prodr. 143, 1811. 

 Grampus (pars). Gray, Spic. Zool.-2, 1828. 

 Megalodontia, J. Brookes, Cat. Mus. 40, 1828. 



a. Brain-case depressed, broad. Teeth large, strong, conical. Orca. 



1. Orca gladiator. The Killer. 



Black ; circumscribed spot behind eye, spot on belly and under- 

 side of tail white. Nose of skidl nearly twice as long as the width 

 of the notch. Teeth ii, large, conical, slightly hooked. 



Balaense minores in utraque maxilla dentatis qu. Orc6B vocantur, 



Sibbald, Phal. 6. t. 2. f. 3 (tooth). 

 Delphinus Orca, JDinn. Mant. Plant, ii. 523; S. N. i. 108; Schreb. 



Smgeth. t. 340 ; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 511 ; Mag. Nat. Hist. iv. 329. 



fig. 2 ; Schkgel, Be Dieren, 87. t. 14 (good) ; Abhandl. ii. 33. t. 7, 8 



(from life) ; Sundevall, (Efv. K. Veten. Akad. 1861, 386. t. 8 ? ; Cuv. 



Oss. Foss. V. 281; Turton, B. F. 17; Fleming, B. A. 34; Jenyns, 



Man. 4Si ; Bell, Brit. Quad. 477, fig. QaaA) ; Nilsson, Skand. Fauna, 



603; Gervais, Zool. et PaUont. Frang. t. 37. f. 3, 4. 

 Grampus, Hunter, Phil. Trans. 1787, t. 16 (skull in Mus. Coll. Surg. 



n. 2515), cop. BeU, Brit. Anim. fig. ; Bonnat. CUac. 1. 12. f. 1; Shaw, 



Zool. ii. 513. t. 232, lower fig. 

 Cachalot d' Anderson, Duhamel. 



Delphinus Duhamelii, Lacep. Cetac. 314. t. 9. f. 1 (good). 

 Phocsena Orca, Wagler, N. S. Amph. 34. 



Delphinus ajadiator, Bonnat. Cet. 23 ; ? Lac4p. CHac. 302. t. 5. f. 3. 

 Delphinus Grampus, Desm. N. Diet. H. N. ix. 168 ; Mamm. 517, from 



HJu/nter. 

 Delphinus Grampus (Tl^e Large Grampus), Owen, Cat. Mm. Coll. 



Surg. n. 1136. 

 Grampus Orca, Gray, in Brookes' s Cat. Mus. 40, 1828; Idlljeborg, 



Skand. Hvaldjur, 15. 

 Phocsena gladiator. Lesson, Man. 414. 

 Phocsena Grampus, Lesson, Man. 415. 

 Orca gladiator, Sundevall, K. Vet. Akad. Ofvers. 1861, 391 ; Gray, 



Cat. Cetac. B. M. 1850, 93 ; Proc. Zool Soc. 1864, 244 ; Malmyren, 



Arch. Naturg. 1864,90. 

 Grampus gladiator, LUljeborg, Skand. Hvdldyr, 15. * 

 Stoiu: wagn, at Finmark. 



Orca, Bondel. Pise. 483. fig. ; Gesner, Aquat. 748, fig. from Rondel. 

 ? Agluck, Pallas, Zool. JRosso-Asiat. 305. 



? Aguluch, Chamisso, Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xii. 262. t. 20. f. 9? 

 Anat. Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. t. 22. f. 3, 4; P. A. i. 289 (skuU); Jacob, 



Dublin Phil Journ. 1825, t. 2. f. 3 (very small and bad skull) ; 



Gervais, Zool et PaUont. Franq. t. 37. f. 3, 4 (skull, from Cette). 



Inhab. North Sea. 



a. Skull. Coast of Essex. From Mr. Cross's Collection. 



b. Skeleton 20 feet long. From 'Weymouth. Presented by K. 



Pearce, Esq. 



c. Skull. From Mr. Turner's Collection. 



There is a skull in Mr. Bell's museum, from a male 19 feet long, 

 taken in^Lynn Harbour, Nov. 1830. The animal was described in 



