ID 
•which the body must be placed in somewhat of an erect 
posture, from which to descend it passes through a consi- 
derable portion of a circle. They rarely congregate into 
an herd, like the other Delpliini, and commonly no more 
than a pair is seen together. 
DOLPHIN. D. Deiphis. Jenyns, p. 40. Bell’s Quad., p„ 
463. A figure of this and the last Species may also he 
found in Borlase’s Hist, of Cornwall, but they arc not ex- 
ceedingly accurate. It is the Dolphin of the Ancients, 
hut not of modern Sailors: the latter being the Coryphaena 
Hippuris of Linneus. 
LEADING WHALE. D. Melas. Jenyns, p. 42. D. De- 
ductor of Seoresby. Roundheaded Porpoise, Bell’s Quad., 
p. 483. This Species goes in numerous herds ; but it is 
probable that more than one has been confounded with it, 
as it is certain that different companies display consider- 
able variety of appearance. The Leading Whale is of a 
very dark colour hut an whole herd is sometimes seen of 
a cream colour, and single S-peeimens of a light tint are not 
unfrequent. These cannot he the D. Beluga, a White 
Whale, as the latter is without the dorsal protuberance 
or fin. 
There is no class of the larger Animals, of which so little 
is definitely known, as of the Whale Tribe; it is therefore 
much to be wished, that in every instance where one is taken 
or thrown on shore, an accurate measurement should be taken 
of all the proportions ; and in an especial manner, that the 
jaws should be preserved, for the inspection of some compe- 
tent Naturalist, 
The Museum of the Royal Institution of Cornwall is a 
proper situation in which to deposit such Specimens ; and a 
figure, even if roughly drawn, will greatly assist in determin- 
ing the Species. 
BIRDS. 
THE FALCON TRIBE. 
GOLDEN EAGLE. Aquila Chrysaetos. Jenyns, p. 00. 
Yarrell’s Br. Birds, vol. 1, p. 7. One instance has come 
within my observation, in which the Ringtailed Eagle, 
(Bewick’s Br. Birds, vol. 1, p. 49) now judged to be the 
immature state of this Species, was killed in Cornwall. 
