302 DELPHIlflDiE. 



is pierced and without lateral angles. There are only 5 pairs of true 

 ribs. — Guv. Oss. Foss. v. 306. 



The skeleton in the Museum of the College of Surgeons, no. 2509. — 

 " All the cervical vertebrae are anchylosed ; the head of the first rib 

 rests upon their coalesced bodies. There are 56 other vertebrse, 

 twelve of which support moveable ribs, but the thirteenth pair seems 

 to have been lost." — Owen, I. c. p. 455. 



Professor Eapp (Cetac. t. 5) figures the skeleton of Delphinus Pho- 

 ccena. " The scapula vdth a broad, dilated coracoid process. Pin- 

 gers five, short; the first longest, the third scarcely shorter, the 

 second shorter, the fourth and fifth very short, the fifth slender. 

 Spinous processes of the dorsal and lumbar vertebrae with a distinct 

 subcentral anterior process on each side. The lateral processes of the 

 lumbar vertebraB short and broad." — Rapp, I. e. 



Mr. F. Knox gives many details of the anatomy of this species in 

 his ' Catalogue of Preparations relative to Whales,' 1838, p. 32. 



M. G. Breschet describes and figures the organ of hearing of the 

 Porpoise (Ann. Soi. Nat. 1838, x. 221. t. 5). 



* Dorsal Jim in middle of hack, without any spines on its upper edge. 

 Teeth all compressed, truncated. 



1. PhocsBiia communis. Common Porpoise. 

 Black. 



Phocsena, Jtondel. Pise. 473 ; Gesner, Aquat. 837. flff. ; Aldrov. Pise. 



719. fig. 

 Phocsena Rondeletii, WUhtghi, Pise. 31. t. A 1. f. 2. 

 Tursio Marsouin, Belon, Aquat. 16. fig. 

 Tursio, Plinii H. N. ix. 9. 

 Phocsena communis, Brookes, Cat. Mus. 39 ; Lesson,Man. 413 ; F. Cfuv. 



CStac. 172 ; Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 104 ; S^e. Zool. 2, 1828 ; Zool. 



Erebus Sf Terror, 30 ; Cat. Cetac. B. M. 1850, 81 ; Proe. Zool. Sac. 



1864, 245 ; Malmgren, Arch. Nat. 1864, 90. 

 Delphinus Phocsena, Linn. Faun. Suee. 17; S. N. i. 108; Schreh. 



Simgeth. t. 342 ; Bonnat. CM. 18. t. 1. t. 10. f. 1 ; Lesm. Mamm. 



516; Fischer, Syn. 510 ; Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. 286. t. 21. f. 1 2 (skull) ; 



Bell, Brit. Mam. 478,4:76. fig. ; Bapp, Cetac. t. 6 (skeleton) ; ScJUegd, 



Ahhandl. 31 ; Lieren, 89. t. 15 ; Turton, B. Fauna, 17 ; Meming, 



B. A. 33; Phil. Zool. ii. 209. t. 1. f. 4; Jmyns, Man. 41; Nilssm, 



Skand. Fauna, 616. 

 Marsoiiin commun, Cuvier, Menag. Mus. t. ; Mig. Anim. i. 279. 

 Porpesse, Shaw, Zool. ii. 504. t. 229, 230, 231 ; Borlase, Cornw. 264. 



t. 27. f. 2; Monro, Phys. Fishes, 45. t. 35. 

 Anat. Knox, Cat. Prep. Whales, 1838, 37 ; Rapp, Cetac. t. 5 ; Sibson, 



Trans. Boy. Soc. 1848 ; Bonnat. C4t. t. ; LacSp. CH. t. 20. f. 2 (skele- 

 ton) ; Jacob, Dublin Phil. Journ. 1825, t. 2. f. 5. 



Inhab. North Sea. Near shore, in all seasons, and ascends rivers. 

 Called Marsuins, Herring Hogs, Neessock, Pellock, and Backer. — 

 Fleming, B. A. 34. 



a. Thames. Presented by Mr. Leadbeater. 



h. Skull. From Dr. Mantell's Collection. 



c, d, e. Stuffed. Thames. Presented by Messrs. J. & C. Grove. 



/. Skeleton. English coast. 



