Description^ of a Harbor Porpoise or Puffing-Pig,phocgfcna 
phoeaena (Linnaeus), from near Newport, Rhode Island. ' 
caught* June , ll° 1 i900 1 °on°the d ^? r ] f ’ Me , arns * An adult male, 
the Third Beach, in Middletown" Rhodf ^ *5? East Rlver off 
longing to Mr. Philip Peekham ’Tr ln flsh tra Ps be- 
ington, D. C. ni &d States National Museum at Wash- 
. — The general effect is of a sharply bicolored 
animal--slack above and white below; but, extending below the 
Eellv i^r *? ** i^i 16 olack ’ tne sides are of a beautiful olive-gray 
white; dashed'S? shoWnot ff. closB to of »outh, purf 
postericrlft" on ’ With oll -W 
A dusky line extends from upper border A11 ilns> bJ - ao k. 
base of the pectoral. Blowhole m "I -f,. l0Wer jaw bacJc to the 
and Newton ’s colors).* °' VloIe : ^ned with -neutral tint- (Windsor 
Measurements .— Total length, measured in a straight line 
from end of snout to notch at end of flukes, 55 inches; same meas¬ 
urement, following dorsal curves, 58 inches; greatest circumfer¬ 
ence of body (anterior to dorsal and posterior to pectorals), 35; 
least circumference of caudal peduncle, 7; distance between base 
of pectorals, below, 5.5 inches; length of mouth (gape), 4.5 in.; 
tip of nose (premaxillae) to eye, 6.3 in. ( 160 mm.); from tip of 
mandible to anus, 35 inches; anus to bottom of notch between 
flukes, 18 inches. 
