the Mammals of Devon. 
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P. communis, Bell, Brit. Quad., p. 473. Clermont, Quad. Europe, p. 
149. 
Delphinus phocoena, Jenyns, Brit, Vert., p. 41. 
Our most common Cetacean. Numerous off the coast in stormy 
weather. They very frequently come some distance up rivers. I 
have seen so many on the Dart that a boat had much difficulty in 
steering clear of them. 
P. Orca} Grampus. 
P. Qrca, Bell, Brit. Quad., p. 477. Clermont, Quad. Europe, p. 150. 
Delphinus orca, Jenyns, Brit. Vert., p. 42. 
Occasionally in the Channel. In the museum of the late F. W. L. 
Ross, Esq., at Topsham, is a specimen of a young one 29^ inches in 
length, which was driven on shore at Exmouth, in 1844. An adult 
specimen had been seen for several days previously in Torbay. 
P. ^elaS) Round-headed Porpoise. 
P. mekis, Bell, Brit. Quad., p. 483. Clermont, Quad. Europe, p. 51. 
Delpkinics melas, Jenyns, Brit. Vert., p. 42. 
Although we cannot lay claim to the occurrence of largo herds of 
the Caaing Whale, a specimen was killed and brought into Ply- 
mouth in April, 1839. Bellamy's N. H, South Devon, p. 196. 
Gen. PBVSETZSIl, Unn. 
P. XHacroceplialus, Spermaceti Whale. 
P. macrocephalus, Bell, Brit. Quad., p. 506. Clermont, Quad. Europe, 
p, 157. Jenyns, Brit. Vert., p. 45. 
The carcase of one of these cachelots was thrown upon the shore 
near Plymouth, some years since. Bellamy's N. H. South Devon, 
p. 196. 
Gen. BAZiCENOPTERA, Lac^p. 
B. Boops, Rorqual. 
B. hoops, Bell, Brit, Quad., p. 520. Clermont, Quad. Europe, p. 160, 
Jenyns, Brit, Vert., p. 47. 
One was found off the Eddystono in October, 1831, and towed 
into Plymouth Harbour (see Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. I., N. 
S.J, and a second, a young one, noticed by F. W. L. Ross, Esq., 
was taken in a herring net in Torbay, October, 1846. 
