BIDENT DOLPHIN. 



Delphmus Bidens. D, dentibus duohus in fronte maxillce sujpe" 

 rioris. 



Dolphin with two teeth in the front of the upper jaw. 

 Bottle-nose Whale of Dale. Hunter Phil, Trans, ml, T'j.'pl* i9# 



This is introduced by Mr. Hunter into the 

 Philosophical Transactions, and is the Bottle- 

 nosed Whale of Dale It has the general ap- 

 pearance of the Dolphin, but has a much shorter 

 snout, the front bulging out very much above, and 

 has only two teeth, which are situated in front of 

 the upper jaw. The specimen mentioned by Mr. 

 Hunter measured twenty-one feet, in length. The 

 pectoral and back fins are small, and the latter 

 placed pretty low on the back. 



NARROW-SNOUTED DOLPHIN. 



Delphinus Rostratus. D. rostro attenuafo. 

 Dolphin with greatly attenuated snout. 



Known only from the head, or bones of the 

 jaws. Supposed to inhabit the Indian seas. The 

 jaws are extremely narrow in proportion to their 

 length, which is about two feet: the teeth are 

 small, not numerous, distant, and shaped some- 

 what like the inolares of quadrupeds. 



* Dale's Harwich, 



