THE WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHIN 
THE WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHIN. 
Lagenorhynckus a/biroslris, Gray. 
Plate 50. 
The White-beaked Dolphin measures from 7 to about 9^ feet in length. 
The creamy-white beak is well pronounced and very distinct, in contrast to 
the dark frontal portion of the head. The jaws contain about twenty-six 
pairs of small sharp teeth in each. 
The dorsal fin is large and curved. 
In colour, the upper parts of the head and body are purplish black, the 
beak, lips, throat, and under parts creamy white. 
The lips are often marked with spots of grey, and mottled patches also 
occur on the sides of the shoulders and on the back. 
Like the White-sided Dolphin this species inhabits the North Atlantic, 
frequenting Davis Straits, the seas of Greenland, and across to Scandinavia 
and the British Islands, where examples have been stranded from time to 
time on the coasts. Its habits, as far as we know, do not appear to differ 
from those of other Dolphins. 
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