296 DELPHINID^. 



cave on the sides, not quite half the entire length of the skuU ; lower 

 jaw with two truncated teeth on each side in front. 



Phoosena grisea, Lesson, Man. 413 ; Wagler, N. S. Ampk 34. 



Grampus griseus, 6rai/, Spic. Zool. 2, 1828. 



? Grampus, Ewnter, Phil. Trans. Vl%i, t. 17. 



? Delphmus ventricosus, Lacep. C4t. 311. t. 15. f. 3 ; Schreh. Simgefh. 



t. 841, both copied from Hunter, t. 17. 

 ? Phocsena ventncosa. Lesson, Man. 415, from Hunter. 

 Delphinus globiceps, vax., Nilsson, Skand. Fauna, 608. 

 Grampus Cuvieri, Gray, Ann. N. H. 1846 ; Cat. Osteol. S. M. 36 ; 



Zool Erebm Sf Terror, 31 : Cat. Cetac. B. M. 83, 1850: Proe. Zool. 



Soc. 1864. 

 Delphinus griseus, Cuv. H. A. i. 290 ; Ann. Mus. xix. t. 1. f. 1 (not 



good), cop. Schreb. t. 345. f. 1 ; Oss. Foss. v. 284, 806, t. 22. f. 1, 2 ; 



F. Cuvier, CUac. 182. 1. 12. f. 2; Desm. Mamm. 518; Fischer, Syn. 



Mamm. 512 ; Gervais, Zool. et PaUottt. Franq. 149. t. 37. f. 5 (from 



Brest) ; Schlegel, Abhandl. 33. 

 Maisouin, Duhamel, Peek. iv. t. 9. f. 5. 



Inhab. North Sea. Coast of France : Brest, Eochelle (B'Orhigny), 

 1822. Isle of Wight, Hampshire (Bev. C. Bury), 1845. 



a. Skull. Isle of Wight. Presented by the Eev. C. Bury. 



The measurements of D'Orbigny's (first) old and (second) young 

 specimens : — 



ft. in. 



Length, entire 10 (7 feet.) 



Length to blowers 2 6 



Length to pectoral fin 3 6 



Length of pectorals 3 



Length of dorsal 5 ? 



Width of tail 



Height of dorsal 1 2 



Skull : Length, entire ,,.... 17 6 



Length of nose 8 



Length of teeth-series, lower jaw . . 2 3 



Length of lower jaw 12 



Width at notch 7 



Width at orbit , 11 Q 



Width at middle of nose 3 10 



Width of intermaxiUary 3 3 



Height at occiput 9 



The cervical are earliest anchylosed, as in the Delphinus DeipMs. 

 Dorsal vertebrae 12. Eibs 12 . 12 ; six of the ribs are articulated 

 between the bodies of the vertebrae. Lumbar and caudal vertebrae 42. 

 The spinous processes are suddenly enlarged at the commencement 

 of the loins; the articular apophysis of the ninth dorsal ceases to 

 enclose the preceding vertebra. The first finger of 2 joints, the 

 second of 8 joints, the third of 7 joints, the fourth of 2 joints, and 

 the fifth of 1 joint. The first bone of the sternum is not perforated, 

 but the last is rather notched. The bladebone has the outline of 

 B. Tursio and the apophyses of D. DelpUs. — Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. 306. 



