Class IV. PORPESSE DOLPHIN. 



93 



iojxuiva. Arist. hist. an. lib. 



vi. c. 12. Tursio Plinii, 



lib. ix. c. Q. 

 Le Marsouin. Belon. 

 Tursio. Rondel. 4<74r. Gesner 



pise. 711- 

 Porpesse. Wil. Icth. 31. Raii 



Syn. pise. 13. Crantz's 



Greenl. i. 114. Kolben's 



Hist. Cape, ii. 200. 

 Le Marsouin, Block, icht. iii. 



tab. 92. 



Le Marsouin. Brisson Cet. 2. Porpesse. 

 234. 



De la Cepede. Hist, des Cet. 

 287. tab. 15. jig. 2. 



Delphinus corpcre fere coni- 

 form!, dorso lato, rostro sub- 

 acute Arted. Synon. 104. 



Delphinus Phocsena. Gm. Lin. 

 229. 



Marswin, Tumblare. Faun. 

 Suec. No. 51. 



x ORPESSES are found in vast multitudes in 

 all parts of the sea that washes these islands, but 

 in greatest numbers at the time when fish of 

 passage appear, such as mackrel, herrings, and 

 salmon, which they pursue up the bays with the 

 same eagerness as a pack of dogs does a hare. 

 In some places they almost darken the sea as 

 they rise above water to take breath : they 

 not only seek for prey near the surface, but 

 often descend to the bottom in search of sand 

 eels, and sea worms, which they root out of the 

 sand with their noses in the same manner as 

 hogs do in the fields for their food. 



Their bodies are very thick towards the head, 

 but grow slender towards the tail, forming the 

 figure of a cone. The nose projects a little, is 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



