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I

LIST

OF TUT!

SPECIMENS OF CETACEA

IN THE

ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT

OF THE

BRITISH MUSEUM.

BY

WILLL\M HENRY FLOWER, LL.D., RR.S.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY ORDEE OF THE TRUSTEES.

1885.

75?

PltlNTED BY TATLOE A^'D FRANCIS,

RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET

rEEFACE.

The Collection of skeletons, skulls, and other portions of Cetacea in
the British Museum, at present the most complete in existence, was
brought together mainly in consequence of the zeal with which the
late Dr. Gray, Keeper of the Zoological Department, pursued the
study of this interesting, but formerly much neglected, group of
animals.

It was upon this collection that Dr. Gray's numerous works on the
Cetacea, including those published by the Trustees of the Museum
in the form of Catalogues *, were based — works which are indis-
pensable to all zoologists wishing to become acquainted with the
Order of Mammals to which they refer.

As, however, recent advances in knowledge have made great
modifications in the views which were held by Dr. Gray as to the
classification and nomenclature of the species, it seemed very de-
sirable that the Collection should be thoroughly re-examined, and
arranged and named in accordance with the ideas derived from the
fuUer and more critical state of knowledge of the present time, while
retaining references to all the published descriptions and figures
of the specimens, and to the various names under which many of
them have appeared at successive periods of their history.

It will be observed that the principle adopted in determining the
number of species admitted into this List is the reverse of that of
Dr. Gray, and may possibly have erred in the opposite direction. As
species have not generally been recognized as such unless presenting
constant distinguishing characters capable of definition, it is pro-
bable that, in the imperfect state of knowledge of many forms, some
may have been grouped together which a fuller acquaintance with

* Catalogue of Cetacea, 1850. Catalogue of Seals and Whales, 1866. Sup-
plement to Catalogue of Seals and Whales, 1871.

IV PREFACE.

;ill jiarts of tlieir structure, external and internal, will show to be
distinct. Eut in some cases, as in the genus Delphinus, Dr. Gray's
distinctions, founded on size alone, have been allowed to stand pro-
visionally at least, in tlie absence of more information as to the
extent of variation which may be attained in groups of individuals
to which the term " specific " may bo legitimately applied.

The List contains very nearly all the well-established species of
the Order, the only notable deficiency being RhacManectes glaucus, a
whalebone whale of the North Pacific. Many species are, however,
very imperfectly represented in the Collection, either by a single
specimen or by a skull or other still smaller fragment of its organiza-
tion. The largest of all known mammals, Balamojptera sibbaldii, is
represented only by the skeleton of a specimen scarcely more than half-
grown ; one of the most important forms, remarkable for the strange
modification of the mammalian type of structure which it exhibits,
and for the commercial interests involved in its capture, the Green-
land Eight Whale {Baloena mysticetus), by a skiill in a very dilapi-
dated condition ; Berardius arnuxii, a large Ziphioid whale of the
South Seas, by a single tooth. Of nearly every species a larger
number of specimens is required to exhibit the extent of individual
variation, and the modifications due to age, sex, or locality.

It is hoped that the publication of this List, by showing the

deficiencies of the Collection, will aid in making it, still more

complete.

W. H. FLOWER,

British Museum Director.

(Natural History),
May 1st, 1885.

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

I. MYSTACOCETI.

I. B A L ^ N I D JE.

Page

1. Balsena.

1. niYsticetus, L 1

'2. australis, I)e^'>7n 2

2. Neobnlcena.

1. marginata, Graj/ 4

3. Megaptera.

1. boops, L 4

4. Balaenoptera.

1. musculus, L 5

2. sibbaldii, Gray 6

3. borealis, Less 6

4. rostrata, Fabr 7

5. huttoni, Gray 7

n. ODONTOCETI.
I. Physetebid^.

i. Physeteein^.

1. Physeter.

1. macrocepbalus, L 8

2. Kogia.

1. breviceps, Blainv 9

ii. ZiPHiiN^.

3. Hyperoodcn.

1. rostratus, Midler 9

2. planifrons, Flower 10

4. Zipbius.

1. cavirostris, Cuv 10

2. chathamensis, Hector .... 10

5. Mesoplodon.

1. bidens, Soicerby 11

2. australis, Flower 11

3. layardi, Gray 11

4. bectori, Gray 12

6. Berardius.

1. arnuxii, Duvernoy 12

II. P L A T A N I 8 T I D J&.

i. Platanistin^.

Page

1. Platanista.

1. gangetica, Lebeck 12

ii. Iniin^.

2. Inia.

1. geoffrensis, Blainv IS

iii. PoNTOPORirN^.

3. Pontoporia.

1. blainvillii, Gervais 13

III. Delphixid^.

1. Monodon.

1. monoceros, L 14

2. Delpbinapterus.

1. leucas, Pallas 14

3. Pbocfena.

1. communis, L 15

4. Cepbalorbyncbus.

1. beavisidii, Gray 16

2. eutropia, Gray 17

6. Orcella.

1. brevirostris, Owen 17

2. fiuminalis, Anders 17

6. Orca.

1. gladiator, Gray 18

7. Pseudorca.

1. crassidens, Owen 19

8. Globicepbalus.

1. melas, Traill 19

2. macrorhynchus, Gray .... 21

9. Grampus.

1. griseus, Cutier 21

h

VI

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Page

10. Feresia.

1. intermedia, Gray 22

11. Lagcnorliynchus.

1. albirostris, Gray 22

2. acutus, Gray 23

3. electra, Gray 23

4. fitzroyi, Waterhouse .... 23

5. clanculus, Gray 23

12. Delpliinus.

1. delphis, L 24

2. janira, Gray 25

3. pomeet^ra, Owen 2(J

4. capensis, Gray 26

6. major, Gray 26

13. Tursiops.

1. tursio, Fahr 26

Page

14. Prodelphinus.

1. obscurus, Gray 28

2. euphrosyne, Gray 29

3. doris, Gray 29

4. attenuatus, Gray 30

/>. alope, Gray 31

6. microps, Gray 31

7. longirostris, Gray 31

15. Steno.

1, rostratus, Cuv 31

16. Sotalia.

1. tucuxi, Gray 32

2. plumbea, IJussum 32

3. gadamu, Oicen 33

4. lentigiaosa, Owen 33

LIST

OF

C E T A C E A

Suborder I. MYSTACOCETI.

Family I. BAL^NID^.

1. BAL^NA.
Balcena, Li7in. Sj/st. Nat. ed. 12, i. p. 105 (1766).

1. Balsena mysticetus,

(Greenland Eight Whale.)

Balaena mysticetus, Linn. I. c.

a. SkuU. • (338 a.)

In Museum since the last centiiry. Figured by Cuvier, Oss.
Foss. 2"« edit. v. pi. xxv. figs. 9, 10, & 11 (1823).

h. Left scapula. (338 e.)

Purchased.

c. Imperfect right tympanic bone. (338 Ji — 48. 10. 12. 27.)

Purchased, 1848.

d. Left tympanic bone. (338 (/— 48. 10. 12. 2Q.)

From a different individual. Purchased, 1848.

e. Pair of tympanic bones.

Lidth-de-Jeude Collection. Purchased, 1867.

/. Pair of tympanic bones. (338/.)

One of these is figured by Gray (P. Z. S. 1864, p. 201, and

Cat. Seals and Whales, p. 86, fig. 5, 1866) as B. mijsticetu^, var.

B

2 BAL^NID^.

anyulata. Type of B. anr/iclata, Gray, Suppl. Cat. Seals and
Whales (1871), p. 39.

g. Pair of tympanic bones; very young. (79. 10. 1. 1 & 2.)

13affiu's 13ay. Capt. Adams, 1879 [P.].

The locality from which they were obtained proves that they
belong to this species. They present much of the form per-
manently retained by B. australis.

h. Two blades of balcon. (338 h & c.)

Greenland. Messrs. Smith and Simmonds [P.].

Figured Zool. Ereb. & Terr. pi. i. fig. 4 (1846).

*. One blade of baleen. (338 d.)

Greenland.

2. Balsena australis.

(Southern Right Whale.)

Balfena australis, Desmoulins, Diet. Class. d^Hist. Nat. ii. p. 161
(1822).

Under this name are provisionally included various forms which
have been specifically separated either according to locality or from
trifling structural peculiarities. Possibly some are distinct, but a
more thorough study, with more ample materials than are at present
available, will be necessary before their characters can be satisfac-
torily defined.

a. Articulated skeleton ; young. (1588 a — 73. 3. 3. 1.)

iS'ew Zealand. Dr. Haast, 1873 [C.].

Skull, cervical vertebrae, and scapula figured, P. Z. S. 1873,
pp. 135-140, under the name of JMadeayius austral iensis*. The
skeleton closely resembles that of an animal taken in the Gulf of
Taranto, Feb. 1877, described and figured by Gascot, assigned
to B. biscayensis.

b. Left tympanic and periotic bones. (1469 c.)

South Africa. George Byham, Esq. [P.].

Mentioned, with the next, by Gray, Cat. S. & \V. p. 93 (1866).
Very similar to the corresponding bones of the last specimen.

c. Right and left tympanic and periotic bones.

(1469 o & h — 45. 4. 10. 5 & 6.)
H. H. RusseU, Esq. [P.J.

d. Left tympanic bone. (76. 2. 16. 6.)

New Zealand. Dr. Hector, 1876 [C.J.

This was labelled '' Black Whale, Eubalcena australis."

* A genus and species founded unon a pliotograph of the cervical vertebrse
(P. Z. S. 1804, p. 588).

t Atti Keale Accad. Napoli, 1878.

1. BAL.ENA. 6

e. Cast of left tympanic and periotic bones.
Atlantic coast of N. America.

From type of B. cmirctica, Cope, P. Ac. Philad. 1865, p. 168.
This is pi'obably the true B. hiscai/eiisis, if this is a distinct
species. lloyal College of Surgeons, 1884 [P.].

/. Left tympanic and periotic bone. (1469 d.)

Dr. Mantell [P.].
Labelled by Dr. Gray " var. depressa'V; described in Cat.
S. & W. p. i)'3 (lb66), as a variety.

</. Mutilated left tympanic bone. (1469 e— 52. 1. 23. 9.)

Labelled by Dr. Gray " Bahena australis, var. depressa."
Described (loc. c'lt.) as indicating " an allied species or only a
variety." It is not typical of B. australis, but is rather interme-
diate in character between the tympanic of that species and of
B. riit/sticetas. Purchased, 1852.

h. Cervical vcrtebrte (united). (338/— 53. 1. 5. 2.)

Dredged up off Lyme Regis. Rev. H. Beecham, 1853 [P.].

Figured by Gray' in Cat. S. & W. 1866, p. 83, as " BalcBua
". Stated to be probably B. hiscayensis (p. 84).

Attributed by Van Beneden to B. hlscayouis, Osteographie des
Cetaces, p. 109 ; Gray's figure copied on pi. vii. fig. 7.

Type of Gray's Macleayius britatmicus, Ann. & Mag. IN". H. 1870,
vi. pp. 198 & 204 ; Suppl. Cat. S. & W. (1871) p. 46, where it
is stated " this massive vertebra has no affinity with B. hiscayensis^
and indicates the existence of a completely different new species
of Right Whales, which appears to be an inhabitant of our
seas."

Subsequently figured by Gray under the name of " Halihalcena
hritannica'' (P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 140, 141).

i. Bones of forearm. . (1469 a.)

Cape of Good Hope.

j. Two blades of baleen. (1469 6, c.)

Messrs. Smith and Simmonds [P.].
Described and figured, Voy, Ereb. & Terr, p. 48, pi. i. fig. 3.
" South-Sea whalebone."

l\ Two blades of baleen. (1469 d, e.)

I. Epidermic excrescence from the median line of the fore part of

the head ; called by the whalers " bonnet." (64. 6. 1, 15.)

North Pacific. E. W. H. Holdsworth, Esq., 1864 [P.].

See Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 170 ; also Cat. S. & W. 1866, p. 95,

where it is figured.

m. Smaller specimen of the same. (64. 6. 1. 6.)

Sandwich Islands. E. W. H. Holdsworth, Esq. [P.].

See Cat. S. & W. 1866, p. 96.

b2

4 bal^>t;d^..

2. NEOBALiENA.

Neobalaena, Gray, Suppl Cat. S. <§• TF. p. 39 (1871).
Caperea, Grat/, P. Z. S. 18(H, p. 202*.

1. Neobalaena marginata.

Balsena mar^nata, Gray, Zool. Ereh. fy Terr. p. 48 (1846).
Caperea antipodarum, Graij, P. Z. S. 18(>4, p. 202.
Neobaloena marginata, Gray, Suppl. Cat. S. ^- XT. p. 40 (1871).

a. Articulated skeleton, with the baleen. (339 7 — 76. 2. 16. 1.)
Xew Zealand. "Wellington Museum, 1S76 [E.].

See Hector, Proc. X. Z. Inst. 1S69, tab. 2 B. figs. 1-1 : figure of
skull copied by Gray, Suppl. Cat. S. & W, lS71.^p. 40.

h. Eight tympanic bone. (1467 a — 52. 5. 23. 1.)

Otago, Xew Zealand. Mr. Stuart, 1S52 [P.^.

Pigured in P. Z. S. 1864, p. 203, and Cat. S. & W. p. 101
(1S66). under the name of Caperea aniijioJaruni, a species founded
upon this bone and Dieffenbach's description and figure of the
external characters of quite a ditfereut Whale (probably B.
australi-s). When the skeleton of the present species became
fully known, it was evident that the tympanic bone belonged to
the animal previously described, from the baleen alone, under the
name of B. marginata.

c Three blades of baleen. (339 a, b, & c.)

Western Australia. Mr. Warwick "P.].

Type of species. Described and figured, Zool. Ereb. & Terr.

1846, p. 4S, pi. i. fig. 1. The hairj" fringe on the inner side of the

blade has been stripped off.

d. Three blades of baleen. (339 d, e, &/.)

>ew Zealand. Purchased.

3. MEGAPTEEA.
Megaptera, Gray, Zool. Ereb. Sf Terr. p. 16 (1846).

1. Megaptera hoops.

(Humpback Whale.)

? Balsena boops. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, i. p. 106 (1766).
Balaena boops. Eabricius. Fauna Gra-nlandica, 1780, p. .36.
Balaena longimana. Eudolphi, Mem. Ac. Berlin, 1829, p. 1.3.3.
Megaptera boops. Van Beneden and Gercais. Osteographie des Cetaces,
p. 120 (1869-80), and most modem authors.

* It is somewhat difficult to say which of these names should hare the pre-
ference. Caperea has priority, but it was applied to a species composed of two
different animals, the external characters of one and the tympanic bones of
another. Neobal<sna was given when all the characters were well determined,
and has been consequently generally adopted, Caperea falling into oblivion.

3. MEGAPTERA. 4. BALiXOPTERA. 5

It is uncertain whether all the following specimens of Megaptera
should be referred to one species or to several. If more than one,
their distinctive characters have not been as yet clearly defined.

a. Articulated skeleton ; nearly adult. (792 6.)

Greenland. Professor Eschricht [Purchased].

h. Skull with the baleen. (792 a.)

Greenland. Professor Eschricht [Purchased],

c. Skull ; young.

d. Skull and portions of skeleton, including the cervical and dorsal

vertebra?, ribs and scapula ; adult.

California. Eeceived in exchange from Dr. Hector.

These were mixed, when they arrived, with the bones of several
other individuals ; it is therefore not absolutely ceitain that they
all belong to the same animal.

e. Skull: young. (146S c?— 76. 2. 15. 1.)

Xew Zealand. TTellington Museum, 1S76 [E.].

Labelled by Dr. Gray " Megaptera novce-zealanditw."

f. Eight tympanic bone ; mutilated. (52. 1. 23. 10.)

Purchased, 1852.

g. Left tvmpanic bone.

" Mr. Widdop."

7i. Plight tympanic and periotic bones. (1-46S a.)

Otago, Xew Zealand. Mr. Stuart [P.].

T\*pe of Jf. novce-zealandice. Gray ; described and figured P. Z. S.
1864, p. 207, and Cat. S. & W. (1866) p. 128, fig, 20,

i. Right and left tympanic bones, (1468 b & c— 56. 4. 6. 1.)

Xew Zealand. J. Dobson, Esq., 1856 [P.],

j. Foetus. In spirit, (46. 10. 27. 6.)

Greenland.

4. bal5:noptera,

1. Balsenoptera inusculus.
(Common Piorqual, or Fin-Whale.)

Baliena pbvsalus and Balaena musculus, Limi. Si/sf. Xat. ed. 12, i,

p. ]0i3(l'766).
Balaena physalus, Fabricius, Fauna Grcerilaiidica, p. 35 (1780).
Balfeuoptera rorqual. Lacepede, CeUices, pp. xxxvii & 126 (1804).
Balfena antiquorum, Fischer, Syn. Mamm. p. 525 (1829).
Balsenoptera musculus (Linn.), Companyo, Mem. df scrip, de la

Baleine echcuee pres de St.- Cyjyrien , -p. 23 (1830): Van Beneden

and Gervais, Osteog. Ceiaces, p. 167 (1869-80), and most modern

authors.
Balfenoptera phvsalus (Linn.), Gray, Zool. Ereh. 4" Terr. p. 13

(1846\
Phvsalus antiquorum^, Gray, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 90.

6 BALJ5\ID^.

a. Articulated skeleton ; adult male. (793 e — 82. 6. 14. 1.)

Moray Firth, Scotland. Purchased, 1882.

It measures, in a straight line, 08 feet in length. The tail-
flukes and dorsal fin are preserved, and attached to the pelvic
bones are the very rudimentary nodular femurs.

h. Articulated skeleton; adult. (793 c— 48. 10. 12. 20.)

Plymouth, 1831. Purchased, 1848.

Less perfect than the last. This skeleton "svas formerly ex-
hibited in various parts of the country, moving from town to
town in travelling vans.

c. Articulated skeleton ; young. (790 c.)

This specimen is named in the ' Catalogue of the Eones of 2^Iam-
malia' (1862), p. 150, Phiisalus (Korrfialus) hoops. Afterwards
it became type of the genus and s}>ecies, Benedenia Icnoxii, Gray,
P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 212 ; Cat. S. & W. 1866, p. 135 (skull and some
cervical vertebrae figured).

From an animal taken on the coast of ^'ales, and towed into
Liverpool in 1846. Purchased.

d. Cranium ; adult.

e. Cervical and some dorsal vertebrae, sternum, hyoid, and right

and left tympanies. (1466 «— 56. 11. 7. 2.)

Orkney Islands. From Mr. Heddle, 1856.

From the specimen described by Heddle, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 187,
as Physalus duguidii; see also Cat. S. & W. (1866) p. 158.

/. Right tympanic, periotic, and complete mastoid apophysis, with
ossicula auditus.

2. Balaenoptera sibbaldii.

(Sibbald's Rorqual.)

Physalus (Rorqualus) sibbaldii, Grai/, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 92.

a. Articulated skeleton ; young. (1465 a — 65. 8. 23. 1.)

Lidth-de-Jeude Collection. Purchased, 1867.
Type of Physalus latirostris, Flower (P. Z. S. 1865, p. 28).
Cuviernis latirostris, Gray, Cat. S. & W. p. 165.
Cuvierius sibbaldii, Gray, ibid. p. 380.

3. Balaenoptera borealis.

(Rudolphi's Rorqual.)

Balsenoptera borealis, Less. Hid. Nat. Cetaces, p. .342 (1828).
B. laticeps, Gray, Zool. Ereb. §• Terr. p. 20 (1846).

a. Cast of right tympanic bone. (84. 4. 2Q. 1.)

Royal College of Surgeons [E.].
From the specimen caught in the River Crouch, Essex (see
P. Z. S. 1883, p. 513).

4, BAlJiNOPTERA. /

4. Balaenoptera rostrata.
(Lesser llorqual, or I'ikc Whale.)
Balsena rostrata, Fabricitts, Fauna Groenl. p. 40 (1780).
a. Stuffed specimen ; young female. (71. 3. 5. 1.)

AVoymouth. Purchased, 1871.

The external characters and anatomy of this individual are
described by Mr. Perrin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 805.

h. Stuffed specimen and baleen-plates ; young. (46. 8. 28. 15.)

River Tliames, at Deptford. Purchased, 1846.

The baleen figured in Zool. Ereb. & Terr. pi. i. fig. 3.

c. Stuffed specimen ; very young.

Greenland.

d. Articulated skeleton. (341 a— 4:6. 7. 11. 1.)

South Greenland. Purchased, 1846.

e. Eiijht and left tympanic bones. (341 c & d.)

Old Collection.

5. Balsenoptera hnttoni.

(Hutton's Rorqual.)

Balgenoptera huttoni, Gray, Ann. 8r Mag. N. H. 1874, xiii. pp. 316
& 450, pis. xvi., xviii.

a. Articulated skeleton, with baleen. (74. 4. 13. 2.)

Otago Head, New Zealand, Oct. 1873. Prof. Hutton,1874[E.].
Type of the species, which is closely allied to, if not identical
with, the last.

Of uncertain Species.

u. Occipital region of the cranium ; greater part of left maxilla,

some vertebroe (including second and third cervical ossified

together) and ribs of a large Balcenoptera allied to, if not

identical with, B. musculu.',: (14. 46 a.)

Formosa. R- Swinhoe, Esq. [C.].

Types of B. swinlwii. Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (ser. 3) xvi.

p. 148, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 725 (figures) ; and Swinlioia chinensis,

Gray, Suppl'. Cat. S. & ^X. p. 57 (1871).

/3. Left tympanic bone. (79. 8. 21. 8.)

Cockle Cove, Straits of Magellan, February 1879 (' Alert' Expe-
dition). Admiralty [P.].
Collected by Dr. R. ^\. Coppinger.

y. Mutilated left tympanic bone. (80. 7. 28. 19.)

8. Right tympanic bone. (76. 2. 16. 17.)

Port Underwood, Cook Strait, New Zealand.

Wellington Museum [E.].
Marked " Sulphur-bottom."

PHTSETERID^.

a,

Suborder ODONTOCETL

Family I. PHYSETERID.^.

Subfamily PHYSETERIN^.

1. PHYSETER.

Physeter, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, i. p. 107 (1766),

1. Physeter macroceplialus.

(Cachalot, or Sperm Whale.)

Physeter macrocephalus, Linn. loc. cit. (1766).

Articulated skeleton ; adult male*. (342 7i— 65. 7. 3. 1.)

Sandside Bay, near Thurso, Caithness, July 1863.

Capt. Macdonald, E.E. [P.].

Described (with others) in the Memoir on the Osteology of

the Sperm Whale, by Flower, in Trans. Z. S. vol. vi. The length

of the skeleton, as articulated, is 50 feet 1| inch in a straight

line, but the three terminal vertebrae are wanting.

h. Cranium of adidt male, and two mandibles without teeth.

(342 a.)
" North Sea." In Museum since the last century.

Figured in Cuvier's Oss. Poss. v. pt. 1, pi. xxiv. figs. 1-5.

c. Lower jaw with the teeth complete. (342 g.)

South Sea, between Cape Howe and New Zealand.

Louis Nathan, Esq., 1851 [P.].
Exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851.

d. Lower jaw, with teeth of small size. (341 j — 67. 2. 24. 8.)

Probably of a female or young male. Purchased, 1867.

e. Lower jaw of still smaller size, without teeth.

(342 c— 45. 12. 29. 4.)
Purchased, 1848.

/. Lower jaw without teeth, remarkably curved.

(342 ^'—48. 9. 24. 6.)
Purchased, 1848.
Described and figured by Dr. Murie, P. Z. S. 1S65, p. 390.

g. Left ramus of lower jaw without teeth ; the symphysial portion
greatly curved. (342 i.)

h. Teeth, various.

* In Central Hall.

2. KOGIA. 3. HYPEROODON.

2. KOGIA.

Kogia, Gratj, Zool Ereb. S( Terr. p. 22 (1846).

Euphvsetes, Wall, Hist, and Descrip. Neio Sperm Whale, Si/dney,
1851.

1. Kogia breviceps.

(Short-headed Cachalot.)

Physeter breviceps, Blainville, Ann. Aiiat. Phys. ii. p. .337 (1838).

a. Articulated skeleton. (1474 b — 73. 6. 2.5. 1.)

Xew South Wales. Mr. Krefft, 1873 [Purchased].

Labelled by Dr. Gray Kogia macleayii (see Arm. & Mag. N. H.
vol. xii. 1873, p. 184).

I. Skeleton. (1474 c— 73. 6. 25. 2.)

New South Wales. Mr. Krefft, 1873 [Purchased].

c. Cranium ; young female. (1474 c — 73. 6. 2.5. 2.)

Madras. Sir Walter EUiott, K.C.S.I., 1866 [C. & P.].

Type of Physeter {Euphysetes) simiis, Owen, Trans. Z. S. vi.
pis. '10-14.

Perhaps belonging to a smaller species.

Subfamily ZIPHIIN.E.

3. HYPEROODON.

Hvperoodon, Lacepede, Hist. Nat. des Cetaces ; Tab, des Ordres &-c.
p. xhv (1804).

1. Hyperoodon rostratus.
(Bottlenose Whale.)

Balfena rostrata, O. F. 3filller, Zool. Dan. Prod. p. 7 (1776) ; Chem-
niz, Beschcift. Ges. Xaturf. Berlin, iv. p. 183 (1779).

Delpliinus bidentatus and butskopf, Bonnaterre, Cetolofjie, Tab. Ti-ois
Bk/nes Nature, p. 2-5 (1769).

Delpiiinus diodon, Lacep. Hist. Nat. Cetaces, p. .309 (1804).

Hvperoodon butskopf, id. ibid. p. 319 ; Gray, Cat. S. ^- W. p. 3.30
(1866).

Articulated skeleton ; adult female. (1378 a — 60. 12. 2. 2.)

Whitstable, Kent. Purchased.

See P. Z. 8. 1860, p. 422. The animal was figured in the

'Illustrated News 'for November 18, 1860, from a drawing by

the llev. G. Beardsworth, Its stomach is said to have contained

more than half a bushel of cuttlefish -beaks.

1 0 PHYSETEEIDiE.

b. Imperfect skull, and portion of skeleton ; very young.

(1378 6— GO. 12. 2. 3.)
Taken Avitli the last. Purchased.

c. Imperfect cranium, and considerable portion of skeleton ; very

old male.

Orkneys. Purchased.

Type of Jfyperoodon latifrom, Gray, Zool. Ereb. & Terr. pi. iv. ;
and of Lagenocetus Intifrona, Gray, P. Z. 8. 18(33, p. 200 ; Cat.
S. & W. p. 336, 1866 (cervical vertebrae figured).

The maxillary crests are immensely developed.

d. Skeleton ; female or young male ; imperfect. (1378 c.)

2. Hyperoodon planifrons.

(Southern Bottlenose ^S'hale.)

H. planifrons, Flower, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 392.

o. "Waterworn and mutilated cranium. (1814 a — 82. 3. 24. 1.)

Lewis Island, Dampier Archipelago, Australia. Purchased.

Type of species, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 392.

4. ZIPHIUS.
Ziphius, Cuvier, Ossemens Fossiles, 2nd ed. v. p. 352 (1823).

1. Ziphius cavirostris,
Ziphius cavirostris, Cuvier, loc. ciL

a. Imperfect skeleton. (1517 h — 78. 10. 25. 1.)

Cape of Good Hope. Purchased.

b. Skull; adult. (1517 «— 69. 4. 5. 1.)

Cape of Good Hope. Trustees of the

South-African Museum, 1869 [P.].

Tvpe of Petrorhynchus capensis. Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 528.
Figured under this name in Cat. S. & W. (1866), pp. 344, 345.

Described by Owen (British Crag Cetacea, Palseontogr. Soc.
1870), and iigured in Tan Benedcn and Gervais, Osteographie des
Cetaces, pi. xxi. fig. 10. Closely resembles the specimen described
in 1863 by Van Beneden as Ziplilus indicus (Mem. Acad. Koy.
de Belgique, 8vo, xvi.).

2. Ziphius chathamensis.

Epiodon chathamiensis. Hector, Tr. N. Z. Inst. v. p. 164 (1873).
The specific distinction between this and the last is not well
established.

a. Articulated skeleton.

Kew Zealand. Purchased through Dr. von Haast.

The teeth are small and pointed, thus differing from the
following. This may be a sexual character.

5. MESOPLODON. ] 1

Two teeth of old specimens : apparently not a pair.

(70.2.10.11.)

Chatham Island. Colonial Museum, Wellington [E.].

They have massive roots and much-worn crowns. One of them
is figured in Trans. N. Z. Inst. v. p. 170, figs, a-h, in the original
description of tlie species.

5. MESOPLODON.

Mesoplodon, Gervais, A7in. Sc. JSat. li"" s6r. xiv. p. 16 (18i50).

1. Mesoplodon hidens.

(Sowerby's AVhale.)

Phrseter bideus, Soiccrby, Brit. Miscell. p. 1 (1804).
Deipliinus (neterodon) sowerbiensis, Blainv. Nouv. Diet, d'' Hid.
Nat. ix. p. 177 (1817).

rt. Cast of skull with mutilated occiput.
Coast of Elgin, Scotland.

Sir Henry W. D. Acland, K.C.E. fP.].
From the type-specimen, taken off the coast of Elgin in 1800,
now in the museum of the University of Oxford.

h. Cast of cranium ; young female.

From the original, stranded at Ostcnd in 1835, and now in
the Brussels Museum ; described by Dumortier (Mem. Acad. Hoy.
Bruxelles, xii. 1839) under the name of Deljjhinorhynclms 7nicro-
pterus, and subsequently by Van Beneden (Mem. Acad. Belg,
8vo, xvi. 1863).

2. Mesoplodon australis.
Mesoplodon australis, Floioer, Trails. Zool. Soc. x. p. 419.

c. Articulated skeleton ; adult. (1677 o— 76. 2. 16. 2.)

Lyall Bay, New Zealand. Wellington Museum [E.].

Type of species. Prepared from a specimen cast ashore in Lyall

Bay, and described by Dr. Hector in Tr. N. Z. Inst. vii. p. 262

(1875). The skeleton figured and described in Trans. Z. S. vol. x.

3. Mesoplodon layardi.

Ziphius layurdii, Gray, P. Z. S. ISGo, p. 358 ; Cat. S. ^ W. p. 353.
Dolichodon layardii, Gray, Sujip. Cat. S. Sf W. p. 101 (1871;.

a. Skull. (69. 4. 5. 2.)

Cape of Good Hope. Trustees of the

South-African Museum, 1869 [P.].
Figured by Owen in Brit. Crag Cetacea (Palseontogr. Soc

1870).

12 PHTSETEKTD,^. — PLATANISTID^,

4. Mesoplodon hectori.

Berardius hectori, Gray, Ann. ^- Man. N. H. (ser. 4) viii. p. 117

(1871).
Mesoplodon knoxi, Hector, Trans. N, Z. hist. v. p. 167 (1873).

a. Skull ; young. (1677 6—76. 2. 16. 3.)

Titai Bay, Cook Strait, ]S"ew Zealand, January 18GG.

Colonial Museum, Wellington [E.].
Tj'pe of species.

Skull figured by Hector, Trans. N. Z. Inst. iii. (1870) pis. xiv.
& XV., and by Flower, Trans. Z. S. x. pis. ixxi. <fe ixxii.

Of uncertain Species.

a. Waterworn terminal fragment of the rostrum of a Mesoplodon.
New Zealand. Dr. Hector, 1876.

/3. Tooth of a Mesoplodon. (76. 2. 16. 13.)

Chatham Island. From the Colonial Museum,

Wellington, New Zealand.

6. BERARDIUS.

Berardius, Duvernoy, Ann. Sci. Nat. 3^ ser. Zoohgie, xv. p. 41
(1851).

1. Berardius arnuxii.

Berardius arnuxii, Duvernoy, lac. cit. p. 52.

a. A tooth. (76. 2. 16, 14.)

Chatham Island. From the Colonial Museum,

Wellington, New Zealand.

Family II. PLATANISTID^E.

Subfamily PLATANISTIN^.

1. PLATANISTA.

Platanista, Wagler, Nat. Syst. Amph. Sfc. p. 35 (1830).

1. Platanista gangetica.

Delpliinus gangeticus, Leheck, Neue Schrift. Ges. nat. Freunde Berl.
iii. p. 280 (1801).

rt. Stuffed specimen ; young.

1. PLATANISTA. — 3. POXTOPORIA. 13

b. Articulated skeleton ; young male. (344 c — 74. 6. 1. 1.)

River Hughli, near the Botanical Gardens, Dec. 25, 1805.

Keceived through Dr. J. Anderson.

c. SkuU; adult. -(344^—43. 8. 18. 5.)

Gibson Howe, Esq., 1843 [P.J.

d. Skull ; 3'oung. (344 a.)

From the Ganges.

e. Skeleton (imperfect); young, (1646 a— 74. 4. 13. 4.)

From the Indus. Sir W. Merewether, K.C.S.I., 1874 [P.].

/. Cast of the dentary portion of the upper and lower jaws, with

the teeth, of an aged animal. (84. 5. 3. 1.)

Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1884 [P.].

From the specimen, now in the Museum of the Royal College

of Surgeons, described and figured by Dr. Roxburgh, Asiatic

Researches, vii. p. 170 (1801).

g. Articulated skeleton ; immature. (84. 3. 29. 1.)

Calcutta. R. A. Fayrer, Esq., 1884 [P.]

Subfamily INIIN.E.

2. INIA.
Inia, UOrbigny, N. Ann. Mm. Paris, iii. p. 31 (1834).

1. Inia geoffrensis.
Inia geoffi'ensis, Blrtmville, N. Diet, d'llist. Nat. ix. p. 151 (1817).

a. Articulated skeleton: young. (1169 c — 66. 6. 3. 1.)

Upper Amazon, above iS^auta, Peru.

Mr. E. Bartlett. Purchased, 1866.
Described and figured in Trans. Z. S. vol. vi. pis. 25, 26, & 27.

h. Skull. (1169 0—56. 8. 2. 1.)

Ega, Upper Amazon. Bates Collection. Purchased, 1856.

c. Skull. ^ (1169 b.)

Ega, Upper Amazon. Bates Collection. Purchased.

Subfamily PONTOrORIIX^.

3. PONTOPORIA.

Pontoporia, Gray, Zool. Ereh. S; Terr. p. 46 (1846).

1. Pontoporia "blainvillii.

Delphinus blaiavillei, Oervais, Bull, Soc. Philom. Paris, 1844, p. 39,

14 DELPHIKID^.

a. Articulated skeleton ; young male. (84. 9. 12. 3.)

Kio Grande. Dr. H. von Ihring. Purchased, 1884.

h. Skull. (1487 a— 66. 12. 3. 1.)

Kio de la Plata. Dr. H. Burmeister [P.J.

Described and figured in Trans. Z. S. vol. vi. pi. xxviii.

Family III. DELPHINID^.

1. MONODON.
Monodon, Linn. Syst. Xat. ed. 12, i. p. 105 (1766).

1. Monodon monoceros.

(Xarwhal.)
Monodon monoceros, Linn(Bus, loc. cit.

a. Articulated skeleton of male. (369 c.)

h. Articulated skeleton of female.

Greenland. Purchased, 1885.

c. Skull of male with both tusks developed.

Greenland. Purchased, 1885.

d. Tusk of male.

e. Tusk of male.

/. Aborted rudimentary tusk. (369 d.)

Davis Strait. Robert Brown, Esq. [P.J.

a. Aborted rudimentary tusk. (55. 3. 11. 38.)

Purchased, 1855.

2. DELPHINAPTERUS.

Delphinapterus, Laceptcle, Hist. Nut. Cetaces, p. xli (1804).
Beluga, Gray, Spic. Zool i. p. 2 (1828).

1. DelpMnapterus leucas.

(Beluga, or White Whale.)

Delphinus leucas, PaJlas, Eeise ^-c. iii. p. 85 (1776).
BaUena albicans, O. F. Midler, Zoul. Banica Prodr. p. 7 (1776).
Delphinapterus beluga, Lacepkle, Hist. Xaf. Cctacrs, p. 243 (1804).
BeluiJ-a catodon (Physeter catodon, Linn.), Gray, Zoul. Ereb. <§•
Terr. p. 29 (1846). "

a. Articulated skeleton. (367 a.)

Greenland.

2. BELPHIXAPTERUS, 3. VnOCJEJUA.. 15

b. Skull. (367 b.)

Greenland.

c. Cranium (without teeth). (307 c.)

Eschscboltz Bay, Jjehrings Straits. Capt. Kcllett, 11. X.,

and Lieut. Wood, E.N. [P.].

d. Skeleton (disarticulated) ; young. (307 e.)

e. Skull ; young. . (367 d.)

Greenland. Purchased.

/. Skull; young. (304 «.)

Captain P. P. King, K.N. [P.].
Said to have heen brought from the coast of Australia.
Of corresponding age to, and closely resembling, the last.
Described by Dr. Gray in Ann. Philos. 1S27, p. 375, as
DeJphhius (Dclphinapteruti) IciiKjii.

Figured in Zool. Ereb. & Terr. p. 30, pi. vii., under the name of
Beluga kingii.

3. PHOCiENA.

Phocaena, Cuvier, Ekpie Animal, i. p. 279 (1817).

1. Phocaena communis.

(Common Porpoise.)

Delphinus phoctena, Linn. Si/sf. Naf. ed. 12, i. p. 108 (1766).
Pbocaiua communis, Lesson, Man. Mammal, p. 413 (1827').

a. Stuffed specimen.
English coast.

h. Stuffed specimen.
English coast.

c. Coloured cast. (83. 12. 24. 9.)

United States ; Atlantic coast.

r. 8. Government, 1883 [P.].
From the United States National Museum ; exhibited in the
International Fisheries Exhibition (London), 1883.

d. Coloured cast of head; female. (83. 12. 24. 1(J.)

Cape May, New Jersey (C. Le Eoi/ Wheeler).

U. S. Government, 1883 [P.].
From the United States National Museum.
Labelled Phoccena lineata, Coj)e.

e. Natural skeleton ; adult. (365 fi\

Polperro, Cornwall.

16

DELPHrNID^.

/. Skeleton ; young. (46. 12. 15. 6.)

England. Purchased, 1846.

fj. Skeleton; young. (365/— 65. 12. 8. 43.)

English coast. Purchased, 1865.

Type of P. tubercuUfera, Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 320.

This and the next are from specimens taken on the English,
coast and kept for a short time alive in the Zoological Society's
Gardens.

The skin is preserved in spirit.

7i. Skeleton, without skull ; young. (365 e— 65. 10. 9, 23.)

Purchased, 1865.

i. Skull. (365 a.)

From Dr. Mantell's Collection,

J. Skull. (365 g—67. 4. 12. 204.)

Holland. Lidth-de-Jeude Collection. Purchased, 1867.

Jc. Cranium.

Z. Skull. (365 i— 73. 6. 3. 45.)

N. America (Atlantic coast).

From the Smithsonian Institution.

m. Skull. (365 A— 68. 3. 19. 4.)

Vancouver's Island (Dr. R. Brown). Purchased, 1868.

This is of larger size than any of the European specimens, and
may be of a distinct species.

4. CEPHALORHYNCHUS.

Cephalorhynchus, Grai/, Cat. Cetacca B. JI. p. 106 (1850).

1. Cephalorhynchus heavisidii.

Delphinus heavisidii, Gray, Spic. Zool. p. 2 (1828).

a. Stuffed specimen and skull.

Cape of Good Hope {Capt. Heaviside).

Royal College of Surgeons of England [E.l.

Type of species.

Described and figured by Gray (he. cit.) under the name of
Delphinus heavisidii.

Formerly in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of
England.

The skull was removed from the skin in 1884, and found to
agree with those of the skeletons assigned to C. heavisidii in the
Museums of Leyden, Paris, and Oxford.

5. ORCELLA. G. OHCA. 17

2. Cephalorhjmchus (?) eiitropia.

As this species is known by the skull alone, it can be only pro-
visionally assigned to the genus Cephalorhyiiclius.

Delpliinus eutropia, Oraji, P. Z. S. 184'J, p. 1 .
Eutropia dickiei, Gray, P. Z. S. 18GG, p. 215.

a. SkuU. (390 «— 49. 5. 25. 2.)

Chili, Dr. Dickie's Collection. Purchased, 1849,

Type of species.

Figured in Zool. Ereb. & Terr, (supplementary plate xxxiv.).

b. SkuU, (396 6—81. 8. 17. 1.)

Chili, T, Edmunds, Esq,, 1881 [P,],

5. ORCELLA.

Orcaella, Gray, Cat. S. ^- W. p, 285 (1866).
OrceUa, J. Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 142.

1. Orcella brevirostris.

Phocfena brevirostris, Owen, Trans, Z, S. vi. p. 24, pi. ix.

a. Stuffed specimen. (83. 11. 20. 2.)

Singapore. Secretary of State for India [P,].

Malay name " Lomba-lomba." Exhibited at the International
Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883.

h. Skull. (1454 a.)

Harbour of Yizagapatam. Sir Walter Elliot, K.CS.I. [P.].

Type of species. Figured by Owen, Tr, Z, S. vol. vi. pi. ix. ;
also'in Gray's Cat. S. & W. (1866) p. 286.

2. Orcella fluminalis.

(Irawaddy Dolphin.)

Orcella fluminalis, Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 143.

a. Articulated skeleton, (1454 6—77. 12. 10. 17.)

Eiver Irawaddy. Dr. J. Anderson. Purchased, 1877.

6. ORCA.

Orca, Gray, Zool. Ereb. Sf Terr. p. 33 (1846).

The specific determination and geographical distribution of the
animals of this genus present many difficulties. In the absence of
distinctive osteological characters, all the specimens in the Museum
are pronsioually included under the name of the best known species.

c

18 DELPHINID^.

1. Orca gladiator.

(Killer or Grampus.)

Delphinus orca, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, i. p. 108 (1766).
Delphiiius orca and D. trladiator, Bonnaterre, Cet. pp. 22 & 23 (1789).
Orca gladiator, Gray, Zool. Ereb. l<f Terr. p. 33 (1846).

a. SkiiU and imperfect skeleton. (361 6—46, 8. 7. 3.)

Weymoiith. R. Pearce, Esq., 1846 [P.].

Skull figured in P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 72 & 74, as Orca stenorhyaclia,
Graj', of which it and the next are the types. The figures re-
peated in Suppl. Cat. S. & W. p. 90, figs. 7 & 9 (1871).

h. Skull. (361 c.)

English coast*. Purchased.

Co-type of 0. stenorliynclia. Gray, P. Z, S. 1870, p. 71 (not
figured).

c. Skull. (361 d.)

Purchased.
0. gladiator of Cat. Bones Mamm. p. 155 (1861); not men-
tioned in any of the subsequent Catalogues, nor in P. Z. S. 1870.
Labelled 0. stenorhyncha.

d. Skull. (361 a.)

Coast of Essex.

Type of Orca latirostris, Gray, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 76, and Suppl.
Cat. S. & W. (1871) p. 91.

e. SkuU.

Seychelle Islands. Swinburne Ward, Esq., 1873 [P.].

Figured in P. Z. S. 1870, p. 75, as 0. capensis. Gray (not
0. ca^jemis. Gray, of the Zool. Ereb. & Terr. 1846) ; also in Suppl.
Cat. S. & W. p. 90, figs. 8 & 10 (1871).

/. SkuU. (1165 b.)

Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Viney.

Orca capensis. Gray, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 75 ; Suppl. Cat. S. & W.
p. 90 (1871).

g. Skull.

North Pacific (Capf. i)eZw7Ze, ie.i\^.).

From the Zoological Society's Museum.
Described and figured, p. 34, pi. ix., in Zool. Ereb. & Terr.,
1846, as one of the types of Orca capensix, Gray.

Described under the name of Ophysia pacijica, Gray, P. Z. S.
1870, p. 76, and Suppl. Cat. S. & W. p. 93.

* So stated in P. Z. S. 1870, but not in the previous Museum Catalogues
(Cat. Bones Mam. 18fi2, p. 155 ; Cat. S. & W. (18fi6) p. 279).

7. PSEUDORCA. 8. GLOBICEPHAt-TTS. 19

>-r

a

t. PSEUDORCA.
Pseudorca, Reinhardt, Overs. Dan. Selsk. Fork. 1862, p. 161.

1. Pseudorca crassidens.

Pliocnena crassidens, Owen, Brit. Foss. Maniui. p. 516 (184G).

Psi'iidorca crassidous, Reinhardt, loc. cit.

Orca meridionalis, Flower, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 420*.

Articulated skeleton. (1506 a.)

Adventure Bay, Tasmania. Purchased, 1866.

One of a herd stranded together in Adventure Bay, the ske-
letons of four of which were prepared by direction of Mr. W. L.
Crowther. Of the others, two are in the Museum of the Iloyal
College of Surgeons, and one in that of Cambridge University.

8. GLOBICEPHALUS.

GlobicepLala, Lesson, N. Tab. da Rhjne Animal, Mamm. p. 200 (1842).
Globiocephalus, Gray, Zool. Freb. ^- Terr. p. 32 (1846) .
Globicepbahis, Vcdi Beneden <^- Gervais, Ostcoyr. Cetaces, p. 5i'34.
Globiceps, Flower, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 508, preoccupied (see P. Z. S.
1884, p. 418).

1. GloMcephalus melas.

(Pilot- whale, Ca'ing Whale, or Round-headed Whale.)

Delpbinus melas, Traill, Nicholson^s Journ. xxii. p. 81 (1809).
Delpbinus globiceps, Cnvier, Ann. Mus. xix. p. 14 (1812).
Globiocephalus svineval (Lacep.), Gray, Zool. Freb. iff Terr. p. 32

A. Specimens from the Northern Hemisphere.

a. Stuffed specimen ; young (seven feet in length). (44. 3. 26. 1.)

English coast. Purchased, 1844.

b. Coloured cast of head ; adult. (83. 12. 24. 3.)

South Dennis, Mass., U. S. A. U. S. Government, 1883 [P.].
From the U. S. National Museum.

c. Coloured cast of head ; young. (83. 12. 24. 4.)

South Dennis, Mass., U. S. A. U. S. Government, 1883 [P.].
The margins of the lips are represented as being white, an
unusual coloration in this species.

d. Articulated skeleton. (363 7i— 53. 8. 22. 1.)

Coast of Ireland. P. C. Brabazon, Esq. [P.].

e. Skeleton ; female. (363 i— 68. 1. 30. 1.)

Firth of Forth, April 1867. Purchased, 1868.

The animal from which this was jirepared contained a foetus,

* See Oat. Osteol. and Dentition of Vertebrated Animals, in Mua. Eoy. Coll.
Surgeons of England, Part II. p. 573 (1884).

C2

20 DELPHINTD^.

which is preserved in the spirit collection. It was one of a large
number taken together at the same time and place (see Murie,
Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 235).

/. Skeleton; young. (363^—68.1.30.2.)

Firth of Forth, AprH 1867. Purchased, 1868.

From an animal taken with the last.

g. Skull : young. (363 A:— 68. 1. 30. 3.)

Firth 'of Forth, April 1867. Purchased, 1868.

From another of the same herd as the last two.

h. SkuU : adult. (363 «— 44. 12. 3. 2.)

Orkneys. Professor Traill, 1844 [P.].

i. Skull. (363 d.)

j. Cranium. (363 e— 53. 10. 2. 3. 2.)

River Thames. Dredged from the bed of the river.

Purchased, 1853.

k. Cranium. (58. 11. 10. 1.)

Mouth of the Thames. Purchased, 1858.

I. Waterworn imperfect cranium. (1313 a — 53. 1. 5. 1.)

Bridport. Eev. H. Beecham, 1853 [P.].

Type of Glohiocep7ialus incrassatus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 309.

Afterwards type of the genus Splicer ocejilialns, Gray, P. Z. S.

1864, p. 244 ; Cat. S. & W. p. 323 (1866).

m. Lower jaw. (363 e — 52. 10. 5. 4.)

n. Lower jaw. (363 6—44. 10. 5. 4.)

0. Lower jaw. (363/— 50. 4. 3. 7.)

It has only 7-8 teeth, and may belong to G. macrorhjnchvs.

B. Spedraens from the SoutJiern Hemispliere*.

I). Articulated skeleton of male. (1678 a — 76. 2. 15. 2.)

New Zealand. Colonial Museum,

Wellington, New Zealand, 1876 [E.].
The lateral parts of the cranium have been cut away in
cleaning.

q. Skeleton ; female. (1678 6—76. 2. 15. 3.)

IS^ew Zealand. Colonial Museum,

Wellington, Xew Zealand, 1876 [E.].

* No differences of specific value, either in external or osteological characters,
have as yet been indicated between these and the Northern specimens. Until
such differences can be shown, they must be included under the same specific
designation. G. macrorhynchus, to which they have been referred, is a distinct
form.

8. GLOBICEPHALtrS. — 9. GEAMPTTS, 21

r. Imperfect skeleton. (363 6—76. 1. 28. 80.)

Falkland Islands. (Transit-of- Venus Expedition.)

Eoyal Society, 1876 [P.].

s. Anterior part of cranium and lower jaw.

(363 f/— 60. 11. 29. 66.)
South Seas. Dr. MilHgan, 1860 [P.].

2, Globiceplialus macrorliynclius,
Globiocephalus macrorhynchus, Gray, Zool. Ereh. ^- Terr. p. 33 (1846).

a. Stuffed specimen of young, and skull taken from the same.

Cape of Good Hope. From Sir Andrew Smith, 1853.

The skull is distinguished from that of G. melas by the pre-
maxillae expanding in the anterior half of the rostrum so as
completely to cover the maxillae. The teeth are fewer and stouter.

9. GRAMPUS.
Grampus, Gray, Zool. Ereh. 8c Terr. p. 30 (1846).

1. Grampus griseiis.

Delphinus griseus, Cuvier, Ann. Mus. xix. p. 14 (1812).
Grampus giiseus, Graij, Spicilegia Zoologica, p. 2 (1828).
Grampus cuvieri, Grm/, Ann. % Mag. Nat. Hist. xvii. p. 85 (1846) ;
Cat. Cetacea Brit. Mus. (1850), p. 83.

a. Stuffed specimen ; young female. (71. 3. 5. 2.)

English Channel," March 1870. Purchased, 1871.

Described and figured in Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 1 (1871), pi. i.

h. Articulated skeleton of the same individual.

(1573 6—72. 1. 11. 2.)
Purchased.

c. Articulated skeleton; adult female, (1573 « — 72. 1. 11. 1.)

English Channel. Purchased, 1872.

Prepared from an animal taken, February 28, 1870, near the
Eddystone Lighthouse. External characters and skeleton described
and figured iu Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 1 (1871), pis, i. & ii.

d. Skull. (364 o— 44. 11. 16. 3.)

Isle of Wight. Rev. C. Bury, 1844 [P.].

e. Cranium. (364 c.)

Purchased.

/. SkuB. (1626 6—69. 4. 5. 3 )

Cape of Good Hope. Trustees of the

South-African Museum, 1869 [P.].
Described in Cat. Seals and "Whales (1866) p. 299, under the
name of G. richardsonii.

22 DELPHINID-aS.

g. Lower jaw. (1626 «.)

Keceived from the Eoyal Naval Hospital, Haslar.
Type of Grampus richardsonii, Gray, Cat. Cetacea Brit. Mus.
p. 85 (1850).

7i. Coloui'cd cast of head ; adult. (83. 12. 24. 1.)

Cape Cod, Mass., U. S.A. U. S. Government [P.].

From the U. S. National Museum (No. 12940), 1883.

t. Coloured cast of head ; young. (83. 12. 24. 2.)

Cape Cod, Mass., U. S.A. U. S. Government [P.].

From the U. S. National Museum, 1883.

10. FERESIA.
Feresia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 77.

1. Feresia intermedia.

Orca intermedia, Gray, Zool. Ereh. <§• Terr. p. 34 (1846) ; Cat. S. 8r W.

p. 283.

«. Skull. (4«— 362«.)

Locality unknown.
Type. Figured in Zool. Erob. & Terr. pi. viii.

h. Skull. (1072 «— 74. 11. 25. 1.)

South Sea. GodefFroy Museum, 1874.

Figured and described by Gray as " Feresia attenuata " (type)

in Jourh. Mus. Godeffroy, viii. 1875. See Flower, " On the

Delphinida;'' P. Z. S. 1883, p. 510.

11. LAGENORHYNCHUS. .

Lagenorhynchus, Gray, Zool. Ereh. Sf Terr. p. 35 (1846).

1. Lagenorhynchus albii'ostris.

Lagenorlivncbus olbirostris, Gray, Ann. May. N. H. xvii. p. 84
(1846) • Zool. Ereh. 8^- Terr. p. 35 (1846).

a. Skeleton. (916 «— 48. 7. 12. 12.)

Yarmouth.
The skull figured in Zool. Ercb. & Terr. pi. xi. p. 35.

h. Articulated skeleton. (916 &— 47. 10. 23. 5.)

Purchased, 1847.

c. Skeleton. (916 d.)

South coast.

From the specimen described by Murie, Journ. Linn. Soc.
1871, p. 141, pi. V.

d. Cranium. (916 c— 66. 2. 1. 28.)

Cromer. H. M. Upcher, Esq., 1866 [P.].

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2. Lagenorhynchus acutus *.

(Whitc-sidccl Dolphin.)

Delphimis acutus, Gray, Spic. Znol. i. p. 2 (1828).
Delphinus esclirichtii, Srhhf/el, Ahh. Gchiefe Zool. Sfc. p. 23 a841).
Delphinus leucupleurus, Rasrh, Nova Spec. Deacript. ^'c. (1843).
Leucopleurus arcticus, Gray, Si/nopsk Whales and Dolphins, p. 7
(1868).

a. Articulated skeleton. (360 a.)

Greenland. Purchased.

Skull figured in Zool. Ercb. & Terr. pi. xii ■.

3. Lagenorhynchus electra.

Lagenorhynchus electra, Gray, Zool. Ereh. 8f Terr. p. 35 (1846).
Electra obtusa, Gray, Syn. WJiales ami Dolphins, p. 7 (1868).

a. Skull. (359 a.)

Type. Figured in Zool. Ercb. & Terr. pi. xiii.

The two following specimens probably belong to this species.

h. Skull without teeth. (358 a.)

Type of Gray's L. asia, Zool. Ereb. & Terr. p. 35, pi. xiv.,
which appears to differ from the last only in its smaller size.

c. Skull. (475a_66. 2.5. 1.)

Madras. Sir Walter Elliot, K.C.S.I. [P.].

Type of Owen's DelpMnus fusiformis (Tr. Z. S. vi. p. 22, pi. vii.
figs. 1-5).

4. Lagenorhynchus fitzroyi.

Delphinus fitzroyi, Waterhouse, Zool. ' Beagle,^ Mamm. p. 25, pi. x.

(looy).

a. Rostrum and anterior portion of lower jaw with all the teeth,
and the dried skin upon it ; female.
Bay of St. Joseph, coast of Patagonia, lat. 42° 30', April.

Charles Darwin, Esq. [P.].
Type of species.

" This porpoise, which was a female, was harpooned from the
' Beagle ' out of several, in a large troop, which were sporting
round the ship" (C. Darwin).

5. Lagenorhynchus clanculus.
Lagenorhynchus clanculus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 2.

a. Skull. (935 «— 49. 5. 25. 3.)

Pacific Ocean. Dr. Dickie's Collection. Purchased, 1849.

* On the synonymy of this species, see Flower, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883.
pp. 491-3.

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DELPFTTTTD^.

Type of species. Only known by the skull which is figured
in Zool. Ereb. &. Terr, suppl. pi. xxxv.

As far as the materials for comparison permit, no difference
can be seen between this and the last ; it is therefore probable
that they belong to one species, for which the former name must
be retained. This cannot, however, be verified until the external
characters of an animal having a skull identical with that of
L. clanculus are compared with the figure of L.fitzroyi given in
the Voyage of the ' Beagle.'

12. DELPHINUS.

Delphinus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 108 (1776).

1. Delphinus delpMs.

(The Common Dolphin.)
Delphinus delphis, Linn. I. c.

a. Stuffed specimen. (45, 4, 21. 29.)

English coast. Messrs. J. and C. Grove [P.].

b. Stuffed specimen ; young *. (45. 2. 9, 3.)

English coast. Messrs. J. and C. Grove [P.].

c. Skeleton of b. (348 ?-.)

d. Coloured cast of head ; male. (83. 12. 24. 7.)

Woods Holl, Mass., U. S. A. U. S. Government, 1883 [P.].

e. Coloured cast of head ; female. (83. 12. 24. 8.)

The same locality as the last. U. S. Government, 1883 [P.].

/. Skeleton ; imperfect. (348 w— 47. 3. 22. 37.)

g- SkuU. (348 «— 51. 8. 14. 2.)

Purchased, 1851.
7i. Skull. (348 ^—47. 6. 2. 2.)

Purchased, 1847.
i' Skull. (348 n—46. 4. 28. 2.)

Purchased, 1846.
j' Skull. (348 6.)

Allan Cunningham, Esq. [P.].
Z.-. Skull ; mutilated in occipital region. (348 m — 50. 4. 3. 1.)

Purchased, 1850.
I. Skull. (348/.)

m. Skull. (348 0.)

Purchased, 1859.
n. Skull. (348<'.)

* In the " British Gallery."

12. DELPHINUS. 25

0. SkuU. (348 i.)

Purchased, 1856.

p. Skull. (348y— 51). 9. 6. 101.)

North Sea. From Dr. A. Giinthor's CoUection, 1859.

q. SkuU. (348^—40. 1. 30. 14.)

Purchased, 1846.

r. SkuU. (348 Z— 46. 7. 3. 7.)

Purchased, 1846.

s. SkuU. (348 d.)

J. J. Bennett, Esq. [P.].

t. SkuU. (348 «— 40. 4. 15. 38.)

Antarctic Expedition. Admiralty [P.].

u. SkuU. (348^3—46. 1. 22. 1.)

Purchased, 1846.

V. SkuU. (348 c— 46. 7.27. 1.)

Atlantic Ocean ; 400 mUes south of St. Helena.

A. Pearson, Esq., 1846 [P.].

IV. SkuU. (348 r/— 57. 2. 5. 22.)

Southampton. Purchased, 1857.

X. SkuU. (1625 a— 66. 12. 27. 1.)

South Seas (/. D. C. Schmeh).

Erom the Godeffroy Museum, 1866.
Lahelled " Belphinus longirostris.^'

y. Skeleton. (1536 a— 69. 8. 11. 1.)

Tasmania. Purchased, 1869.

Formerly laheUed '■^ Del2)himis fulvifasciatiis."

z. Skeleton. (1680 «— 76. 2. 16. 4.)

New Zealand. Colonial Museum, Wellington, 1876 [E.].

Formerly labelled ''■ Del]phinus forsteri.''^

a\ Skeleton ; young. (739 6—46. 4. 15. 37.)

Antarctic Expedition. Admiralty [P.].

LabeUed '■'■ Delphinus 7iovce-zelandice."

¥. SkuU. (352 (7—69. 4. 5. 6.)

South Africa. Trustees of the South-African Museum [E.].

The following three specimens are of rather smaller size than the
above, and are separated by Dr. Gray under the name of

2. Delphinus j antra.

Delphinus janira, Gray, Zool. Ereb. 8f Terr. p. 41, pi. xxiii. (from
a skull in the Museum of the Bristol Institution).

a. Skull. (1470 rt.)

From the Zoological Society.
LabeUed by Dr. Gray '•^ D. janira."

26 DELPHTNTD^.

b. Cranium. (1470 6.)

From the Zoological Society.

c. Cranium. (1470 c— 58. 10. 18. 2.)

Jamaica. J. H. (jurney, Esq., 1858 [P.].

3. Delphinus pomeegra.

Delpliinus pomeegra, Owen, Tr. Z. S. vi. p. 23, pi. vi. fig. 3, & pi. viii.
figs. 1-4.

a. Cranium. (1478 a— 66. 2. 5. 5.)

Madras seas. Sir Walter Elliot, K.C.S.I. [P.].

Type of species.

It does not appear to differ materially from Gray's D. janira,
and is probably only a small variety of D. delphis.

4. Delphinus capensis.

Delphinus capensis, Gray, Sjnc. Zool. p. 2, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1828).

a. Stuffed specimen. (41. 17. 34.)

Cape of Good Hope {Captain Heaviside).

Transferred from the Museum of the Royal College of
Surgeons, 1841.
Type of species.

The skull was removed in 1884, and proves to be that of a true
Delpliinus, but with a longer rostrum than any other in the Col-
lection except the following.

5. Delphinus major.

Delphinus major, Gray, Cat. S. ^- W. (1866) p. 396.

a. Skull. (1472 a— 52. 10. 5. 2.)

Purchased, 1852.
Type of species.

Differs from D. delphis only in its larger size ; maj^ be the
same as the last.

13. TUESIOPS.

Tm'siops, Gervais, Hist. Nat. Mamm. ii. p. 323 (1855).

1. Tursiops tui'sio.

(The Common Tursio.)

? Delphinus tursio, Fabr. Faun. Grcenl. p. 49 (1780).
D. tm-sio, Bonn. Cet. p. 21 (1780).

D. truncatus, Montagu, Mem. Wcrn. Sac. iii. p. 75 (1821).
Tursio truncatus. Gray, Cat. S. *§• W. p. 258 (1866).

a. Coloured cast of head ; male. (83. 12. 24. 5.)

Cherrystone Point, Virginia. U. S. Government [P.].

13. TUR8I0P8. 27

From the U. S. National Museum ; exhibited in the Inter-
national Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883.
" Tarsiops subridois. True (MS.)."

h. Coloured cast of head : female. _ (83._ 12. 24. 0.)

Cherrystone Point, Virginia. Received with the last.

" Tiu-siops subridens, True (MS.)."
This differs from the last in the whiter colour of the throat.

e. Skeleton; male: aged. (353 cZ — Q6. 8. 7. 1.)

Firth of Forth. Purchased.

Skull figured in Supp. Cat. S. & W. 1871, p. 73.

d. Articulated skeleton ; adult female. (353 e — 66. 8. 7. 2.)

Firth of Forth. Purchased.

e. Skeleton; young. (353/ — 66.8,7.3.)

Firth of Forth. Purchased.

/. Skull. (353 r/.)

Firth of Forth. Purchased.

g. Cranium. (353 a.)

From the Museum of Col. Montagu.

h. SkuU. (353 A— 62. 7. 18. 15.)

i. Skull : young ; without teeth. (353 i— 63. 3. 3. 1.)

Heme Bay. J. Percival, Esq., 1863 [P.].

j. Skull. (357 6—63. 3. 3. 2.)

Heme Bay. J. Percival, Esq., 1863 [P.].

Formerly labelled " T. metis."

/.-. Rostrum and lower jaw with the teeth. (73. 7. 3. 6.)

Seychelle Islands. Swinburne Ward, Esq., 1873 [P.].

Specimens closely resembling T. tursio, but assigned to

other species.
I. SkuU. (357 a.)

Type of T. metis, Gray. Figured in Zool. Ereb. & Terr,
pi. xviii.

m. Skull ; young. (355 a.)

Type of T. cj/modoce, Gray. Figured in Zool. Ereb. & Terr,
pi. xix.

n. Skull. (356 a.)

Type of T. eurynome, Gray. Figured in Zool. Ereb. & Terr,
pi. xvii.

This differs from the two former (which are probably T. tursio)
in the smaller size and greater number of the teeth.

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DELPHINTD^.

14. PEODELPHINUS.

Prodelphinus, Gervnis, Osteogr. des Cet. p. 604 (1880).
Clyraene, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 237.

Clymenia, Gray, Stjn. JVTialcs and Dolphins, p. 6, 1868 (both pre-
occupied, see P. Z. S. 1884, p. 418),

1. Prodelphinus ohscurus.
Delpliinus (Grampus) obscunis, Gray, Spic. Zool. p. 2 (1828).

a. Stuffed specimen ; and skull removed from the same in 1884.

(41. 1733.)
Cape of Good Hope {Capt. Heavlside). Transferred from the
Museum of the Eoyal College of Surgeons (1841).

Type of species. Described and figured, loc. cit. pi. ii. fig. 3.

b. SkiiU. (354 «— 46. 2. 5. 2.)

Purchased, 1846.

c. Skull. (354 6—46. 3. 11. 8.)

Cape of Good Hope. Purchased, 1846.

d. Skull, occipital region mutilated. (354 c.)

From the Zoological Society's Collection.

e. SkuU; rather young. (354 c^— 62. 7. 18. 14.)

Purchased, 1862.
Labelled in Dr. Gray's handwriting " Tursio obscurus."

f. Cranium. (81. 10. 28. 1.)

Coquimbo, Chili C" Alert ' Exjjcdition). Admiralty [P.].

Collected by Dr. E. W. Coppinger.
A large specimen with long rostrum.

g. Cranium. (1509 b.)

Trustees of the South- African Museum [P.].
Type of Chjmene simUis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 147, fig. 2
(palate).

The specific determination of the three following specimens is
doubtful : —

Skull, cranial portion much mutilated. (934 a — 49. 5. 25. 4.)

West coast of America {Dr. Dicl-'te). Purchased, 1849.

Type of Larjenorhynchus tlncoha, Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 2.

Afterwards Ehctra thicoha, Suppl. Cat. S. & W, 1871, p. 77.

Figured among the supplementary plates of the Zool. Ereb. &

Terr. pi. xxxvi. For observations upon this specimen, see P. Z. S.

1883, p. 496.

A very similar cranium of larger size.
No history.

14. PRODELPniNUS. 29

Skeleton ; very young. (1509 a— 67. 4. 4. 2.)

Cape of Good Hope. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.].

Probably Prudelphlnus ohscurus.
Skin preserved in spirit.

2. Prodelphimis euphrosyne.

Delphiniis euphrosyne, Gray, Zoo/. Ereh. ^- Terr. p. 40, pi. xxii. (1S4G),

fi-om the type in the Norwich Museum.
i^ Dflphinus styx, Grcuf, Zuol. Ereb. ^" Terr. p. 40, pi. xxi. (1846).
Clymeue derides, Gray, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 215.
Clymenia euphrosynoides, Gray, Syn. Whales atid Dolphins, p. 6

(1868).

To which should probably be added : —
Orca tethyos, Gervais, Bull. Soc. Herault, 1853, p. 140.
Delphinus marginatus, Duvernoy (Pucheran, Revue et Mag. Zool.

a. SkuU. (351 a— 44. 7. 19. 23.)

From the Chatham Museum.
The specimen referred to in Zool. Ereb. & Terr. p. 40, under
Deljihinus eiqihrosyne, as '' var., rather smaller." It is figured
amoug the supplementary plates of that work (pi. xsxi.) as Del-
pMmos euphrosyne, and is the type of Clymenia euphrosynoides.
Gray, Syn. Whales and Dolphins, p. 6.

h. Skull. (1473 a— 61. 4. 1. 7.)

Purchased, 1861.
Type of Ghjmene dorides, Gray, P.Z. S. 1866, p. 215.
It bears much resemblance to the figure of D. styx in the Zool.
Ereb. & Terr., the original of which was in the United-Service
Museum, now dispersed.

c- SkuD. (351 b—69. 4. 5. 7.)

South Africa. Trustees of the South-African Museum, 1869 [P.].
Labelled by Dr. Gray, " Delphinus euphrosyne,'' and afterwards
" Clymenia euphrosynoides^

3. Prodelphimis doris.

Delphinus doris, Gray, Zool. Ereb. ^- Terr. p. .39, pi. xx. (1846).
? Delphinus dubius, Cuvier, Ann. Miis. xix. p. 14 (1812).

a. SkuU. (.352 a.)

The specimen figured in Zool. Ereb. & Terr. pi. xx.
h. SkuU. (352 5.)

From the Haslar Hospital.
C' Skull. (352 c— 50. 1. 11. 24.)

Purchased, 1850.
d. SkuU. (352 cZ— 54. 10. 21. 9.)

Purchased, 1854.
«• SkuU. (352 e— 52. 10. 5. 3.)

Purchased, 1852.

30 DELPHrNIDJE.

/. Skull. (78. 2. 11. 1.)

Mid-Atlantic. Purchased, 1878.

fj. SkuU. (352/— 62. 12. 2. 6.)

Pemando Po (Capt. Burton). Purchased, 1862.

7i. Cranium. (350 a.)

Tj'pe of Deljihinus ch/mene, Gray, Cat. S. & W. p. 249 ; Clyme-
nia normalis, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 214.

4. Prodelphinus attenuatus.
Steno attenuatus, Gray, Zool. Ereh. ^ Terr. p. 44 (1846).

This name is retained at present for a series of specimens closely
resembling- the last group, but with a more slender rostrum and
with the teeth slightly smaller and more numerous.

Though single well-marked specimens of Gray's Chjmema cloris
and Steno attenuatus may be so unlike as to justify their being
placed in distinct species, yet when a large series, such as those of
the British Museum and College of Surgeons combined, are compared
together, the two extremes pass so insensibly into each other that it
is impossible to say where one begins and the other ends, and it is
difficult to avoid the suspicion that the diflFerences depend upon age,
or sex, or on individual variation. Unfortunately these forms are
known at present only by skulls. When the remaining parts of their
organization can be correlated with them, probably other specific
distinctions will be demonstrated.

a. SkuU. (347_?>.)

Type of Steno attenuatus. Figured in Zool. Ereh. & Terr. pi. xxviii.

6. Skull. (347 fZ— 50. 1. 26. 7.)

Lieut. Wood and Capt. Kellett [P.].

c. SkuU. (347/— 73. 7. 3. 5.)

SeycheUe Islands. Swinburne Ward, Esq., 1873 [P.].

d. Skull ; without teeth. (8 a, Old Catalogue — 347 a.)

India. Mrs. Ince [P.].

e. SkuU. (347 e— 69. 5. 21. 2.)

SeycheUe Islands. CoUected by Dr. E. Perceval Wright.

Purchased, 1869.

/ Cranium. From the Zoological Society's Museum.

g. Cranium. (347 (^46. 7. 27. 2.)

Locality 9" N. lat. A. Pearson, Esq., 1846 [P.].

h. SkuU. (1519 rt— 69. 4. 5. 5.)

Cape of Good Hope.

Trustees of South-African Museum, 1869 [P.].
Type of Steno cajoensis, Gray, P. Z, S. 1865, p. 522.

14. PR0DELPHTNTT8. 15. 6TEN0. 31

5. Prodelphinus alope.

Delphinus alope, Gray, Cat. (Jet. B. M. (1850) p. 118.

a. SkuU. (847 a— 47. 7. 6. 2.)

Purchased, 1847.
Type of species. Figured in uo. xxxii. of the supplementary
plates of the Zool. Ereb. & Terr.

The upper part of the cranium is broken away.

h. SkuU. (60. 12. 17. G.)

Assigned by Dr. Gray to this species.

6. Pi'odelphiniis microps.

Delphinus microps, Gray, Zool. Ereb. ^' Terr. p. 42 (1846).

a. Skull. (349 a.)

From the Haslar Hospital Museum.
Type of species. Figured in Zool. Ereb. & Terr. pi. xxv.
Probably the same as the next.

7. Prodelphinus longirostris.

Delphinus longirostris, Gi'ay, Spic. Zool. p. 1 (1828) (type in Leyden

Museiun).
Delphinus steuorhynchiL*, Gray, Cat. S. 4* W- 1866, p. 396.
Clymenia stenorh^Ticha, G7-ay, Sitppl. Cat. S. ^ W. 1871, p. 68.

a. Skull. (1471 a— 50. 6. 5. 9.)

Purchased, 1850.
Type of D. stenorhynclius, Gray.

This specimen was in Cat. S. & W. (1866) p. 240 referred to
B. microps, but at page 396 of the same work separated as
D. sienorht/nchus, of which it is the type. It is probably the same
as D. lonyirostris of the ' Spicilegia.'

15. STENO.

Steno, Gray, Zool. Ereb. 8,- Terr. p. 43 (1840).

1. Steno rostratus*.

Delphinus rostratus {Cuv.), Desmarest, Notiv. Diet. d^IIi6t, Nat. ix.

p. 160 (1817) ; Mammalogie, p. 515 (1822).
Delphinus frontatus (in part), Ctiv. O.isem. Foss. (2^ edit.) v. pt. i.

p. 278 (which name was abandoned in the same work at p. 400),

pi. xxi. figs. 7 & 8 (1823).
Delphinus rostratus, F. Cuv. Cet. p. 156 (1636) ; Cuv. Oss. Fosa.

(4« edit.) Tiii. p. 121, pi. ccxxii. figs. 7, 8 (1836J.
Steno frontatus, G-ray, Cat. S. ^- W. p. 233 (1866).
Steno (Glvphidelphis) rostratus, Gervais, Osteoyr. Cet. p. 549,

pi. xxxvii. figs. 8-11 (1880).

The following six specimens were labelled by Dr. Gray " Steno
frontatus'^ : —

* For a full account of the complicated synonjmy of this tpecici, see P. Z. S.
1883, p. 482.

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DELPHTNIB-E.

a. SkuU. (345 c.)

India.

b. Skull. (345 e.)

c. Skull. (345 (7—43. 2. 24. 5.)

Purchased, 1843.

d. Skull. (345 7i— 79. 11. 21. 195.)

Received from the India Museum, 1879.

e. Skull. (345 <7— 69. 4. 5. 4.)

Cape seas. Trustees of the South- African Museum, 1869 [P.].

/. Skull. (345/.)

Purchased.

The four following specimens were labelled *■' Steno compressiis"
(Gray, Zool. Ereb. & Terr. p. 43, 1846), which,' if distinct from
S. rostmtus, is the same as Schlegel's Deljohinus reinujardtn
(AbhandL Geb. ZooL p. 27, 1841) :—

g. Skull (346 a.)

Type of S. comjpressKS, Gray. Figured iu the Zool. Ereb. & Terr,
pi. xxrii.

h. SkuU. (346 b — 15. 12. 29. 2.)

Purchased, 1845.

i. SkulL (346 d.)

South Seas. Antarctic Expedition. Admiralty fP.].

j. Skull. (346 e— 51. 7. 25. 4.)

16. SOTALIA.
Sotalia, Gray, Cat. S. ^- W. (2nd edit.) p. 393 (1866).

1. Sotalia tacuxi.

Steno tucuxi, Gray, Ann. 4" Mag. N. H. xriii. p. 158 (1857).

a. Skull ; young male. (1189 a— 56. 8. 2.2.:)

Upper Amazon, near Santarem. From Mr. Bates's Collection.
Type of species.

h. SkuU; young female. (1189 h—h^. 8. 2. 3.)

Same "locality. Mr. Bates's Collection.

2. Sotalia plnmbea.

Delphinus plumbeus, Dussumier, Cut: Reg. Anim. (2« edit.) i. p. 283
(1629).

a. SkuU. ' (82. 1. 2. 1.)

Karachi. Karachi Museum, 1882 |_E.j.

16. SOXALIA. 33

3. Sotalia gadamu.

Delphinus (Steno) gadamu, Owen, Tr. Z. S. vi. p. 17, pi. iii. figs. 1 >.t 2,
pi. iv. tigs. 1— V.

The three specimens placed provisionally under this name, though
otherwise mm-h alike, exhibit a gradual transition in the characters
of the pterygoid hones, which in the last closely resemble those of
the ordinary Dolphins (Dclphiniis and Frodeljjhinus), not showing
that separation in the middle line characteristic of the well-marked
members of the genus Sotalia. It becomes a question to be resolved
by the acquisition of further materials, whether this may be a
change due to age, or whether it is of specific importance.

a. Skull; mutilated behind. (1477 « — GO. 2. 5. 3.)

Yizagapatam. Sir "Walter Elliot, K.C.S.I. [P.].

T3'pe of species.

b. Stuffed specimen ; and skull taken from it. (82. 1. 2. 3.)

Karachi. Karachi Museum, 1882 [E.]

c. Stuffed specimen ; young ; and skull taken from the same.

(b3. 11. 20. 3.)
Secretary of State for Indist [P.].
Exhibited in the Indian Section, International Fisheries Exhi-
bition, London, 1SS3.

A. Sotalia lentiginosa.

Delphinus (Steno?) lentiginosus, Owen, Tr. Z. S. vi. p. 20, pi. v.
figs. 2 & 3.

a. Skull. (1476 a--66. 2. 5. 2.)

Yizagapatam. Sir AValter Elliot, K.C.S.I. [P.].

Type of species. It differs very little from the last.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

acutus (Delpbhius), 23.
acutus (Lageuorbju-

cbus), 2'S.
albicans (13al:tna), 14.
albirostris (Lageuorbyn-

clius), lil'.
aloije (Delpbimis), 31.
angulata (13ala;na), 1.
antipodarum (Caperea),

■i.
autiquorum (Baljena), 5.
arcticus (Leucopleurus),

23.
arnuxii (Eerariliiis), 12.
asia (Lageiiorbyncbus),

23.
attenuata (Feresia), 22.
attenuatus (Prodelpbi-

nus), 3U.
attenuatus (Steno), 30.
australis (Bala-na), 2.
australis (Eubalana), 2.
australis (Mesoplodon),

11.^

Balsena, 1.
Balanidaj, 1.
Bala-noptera, 5.
Beluga, 14.
beluga (Delpbinapterus),

14.
Berardius, 12.
bidens (ilesoplodon), 11.
bidens (Pbyseter), 11.
bidentatus (Delpbinus),

9.
biscaTensis(Balsena), 2, 3.
blainvillei (Delphiuus),

13.
blainvillii (Pontoporia),

1o
O.

boops (Bala?na), 4.
boops (Megaptera), 4.
boops (Pbysalus), G.
boops (Eorqualus), 0.
borealis (Balasnoptera),

6.
breviceps (Kogia), 9.
breviceps (Pbyseter), 9.
brevirostris (Orcella), 17.
britannica (Halibalana),

3.

britaunicus (Macleayius),

3.
butskopf (Delpbinus),

9.
butskopf (Ilyperoodon),

9.

capensis (Delpbinus), 26.
capensis (Orca), 18.
capensis (Petrorhyn-

cbus), 10.
capensis (tsteuo), 30.
Caperea, 3.
catodon (Beluga), 14.
cavirostris (Ziphius), lU.
Cepbalorliyucbus, 16.
chatbauiieusis (^Epio-

don), 10.
chatbamiensis (Zipbius).

10.
chiuensis (Swinboia), 7.
cisarctica (BalEena), 2.
clanculus (Lagenorhyn-

cbus), 23.
ClATuene, 28.
cl\mene (Delpbinus), 30.
Clyuietia, 28.
communis (Pbocana),

15.
compressus (Steno), 32.
crassidens (Pboci3ena),

19.
crassidens (Pseudorca),

19.
cuvieri (Grampus), 21.
Cuvierius, 6.
cymodoce (Tursiops),

Delpbinapterus, 14.
Delpbinicia;, 14.
Delpbinus, 9, 24.
delpbis (Delpbinus), 24,

26.
depi essa (Bakena), 3.
dickii (Eutropia), 17.
diodon (Delpliinus), 9.
dorides (Clymene), 29.
doris (Clyuienia), 30.
doris (Delpbinus), 29.
dubius (Delpbinus), 29.
duguidii (Pbysalus), 6.

electra (Lagenorbyn-

cluis), 23.
escbriflitii (Delpbinus),

23.
eupbrosyne (Delpbinus),

29.
eupbrosvnoides (Clvme-

nia), 29.
Eupbysetes, 9.
eurynome (Tursiops), 27.
eutropia (Cepbalorbyn-

cbus), 17.
eutropia (Delpbinus),

17.

Feresia, 22.

fitzroyi (Delpbinus), 23.

fitzroyi (Lagenorbyn-
cbus), 23.

fluminalis (Orcella), 17.

fosteri (Delpbinus), 25.

frontalis (Delpbinus),
31.

frontatus (Steno), 31.

fulvifasciatus (Delpbi-
nus), 25.

fusiibrmis (Delpbinus),
23.

gadamu, 33.

gangetica (Platauista),

12.
gangeticus (Delpbinus),

12.
geoffrensis (Inia), 13.
gladiator (Delphiuus),

18.
Globicephalus, 19.
Globiceps, 19.
globiceps (Delpbinus),

19.
Globiocepbalus, 19.
Grampus, 21.
griseus (Delpbinus), 21.
griseus (Grampus), 21.

hearisidii (Cepbalorhyn-

cbus), 16.
beavisidii (Delpbinus),

16.
bectori (Berardius), 12.
bectori(Mesoplodon), 12.

36

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

liuttoiii (E;iliciiOi)teni),

7.
Ilyperooilon, U.

incrassatus (^Globioce-

phaliis), 19.
indicus (Ziphius), 10.
Inia, 13.
Iniinae, 13.

intermedia (Feresia), 22.
intermedia (Orca), 22.

jaiiira (Delphiuiis), 25.

kingii (Beluga), 15.
kingii (Del})binus), 15.
knoxii (Eenedenia), (i.
knuxii (Mesoplodon),

12.
Kogia, 9.

Lagenorhyncluis, 22.
laticeps (Balffinoptera),

6.
latifrons (Hyperoodon),

10.
latifrons (Lagenocetus),

10.
latirostris(Cuvierius), 6.
latiroatris (Orca), IS.
latirostris (Physaliis), 6.
lavardii (Dolicbodon),

'll.
layardi (Mesoplodon),

11.
layardii (Ziphius), 11.
lentiginosa (Sotalia), 33.
lentigincsus (Delpliinus),

33.
lentiginosus (Steno), 33.
leucas (Delplunapterus),

14.
leucopleuriis (Delplii-
nus), 23.
lineata (Phocaena), 15.
loDgimana (Balajna), -4.
longirostris (Delphinus),

25, 31.

macleayii (Kogia), 9.
macrocephalus (Physe-

ter), 8.
macrorhyncbus (Lilobi-

cephalus), 21.
macrorhyncbus (Glubio-

ceplialus). 21.
major (Dclijbiuus), 26.
raargiuata (Bakena), 4.

niarginata(Neob:ilffina), 4.
marginatus (Delpbiuus),

29.
Megaptera, 4.
melas (Delpiiinus). 19.
melas (Globicepbalusi,

19,21.
mei'idionalis (Orca), 19.
Mesoplodon, 11.
metis (Tursiops), 27.
microps (Delphinus), 31.
monoceros (ilonodon),

14.
Monodon, 14.
musculus (Balscna), 5.
musculus (Baluiuoptera),

5, 7.
Mystacoceti, 1.
mysticetus (Balajna), 1.

Neobalsena, 3.

normalis (Clyraenia), 30.

novie-zealandia; (Mega-
ptera), 5.

novre-zelandiiE (Delphi-
nus), 25.

obscurus (Delphinus), 28.
ob.~curus (Grampus), 28.
obscurus (Prodelphmus),

28.
obscurus (Tursio), 28.
obtusa (Elect ra), 23.
Odontoceti, 8.
Orca, 17.

orca (Delphinus), 18.
Orcaella, 17.
Orcella, 17.

paciiica (Orca), 18.
Physalus, 6.
physalus (Bala;na), 5.
Physeter, 8.
Physeterida;, 8.
Pbyseteriniv, 8.
PhocEena, 15.
phocaMia (Delpbiuus), 15.
pla nitrons i Hvperoodon),

10.
Plutanista, 12.
Platanistidie, 12.
Platanistinaj, 12.
jilumbea (Sotalia), 32.
pluuibeus (Delpbiuus),

32.
poiiieegra(Delphiniis),2(i.
Pontoporia, 13.
Pontoporiiuie, 13.

Prodelphinus, 28.
Pseudorca, 19.

reinwardtii (Delphinus),

32.
ricliardsonii (Grampus),

21.
rorqual (Balaena), 5.
rostrata (Bala-na), (5, 9.
rostratus (Delphinus),

31.
rostratus (Glyphidel-

phis), 31.
rostratus (Hyperoodon),

9.
rostratus (Steno), 31.

sibbaldii (Balaenoptera),

sibbaldii (Cuvierius), 6.

sibbaldii (Physalus), 6.

sibbaldii (Rorqualus), 6.

similis ( Clymene), 28.

sinms (Eupbysetes), 9.

simus (Physeter), 9.

Sotalia, 32.

sovverbiensis (Delpbiuus),
11.

sovverbiensis (Hetero-
don), 11.

Sphterocephalus, 20.

Steno, 31.

steuorhyncha (Clyme-
nia), 31.

stenorhyncha (Orca), 18.

stenorhynchus (Delphi-
nus), 31.

siyx (Delphinus), 29.

subridens (TursiojDs), 27.

svineval (Globiocepha-
lus), 19.

swinhoii (Ba)a?noptera),7.

tetbyoB (Orca), 29.
Thicolea, 28.
truncatus (Delphinus),

2(3.
truncatus (Tursio), 26.
tuberculifera (Pboiaeua),

15.
tucuxi (Sotalia), 32.
tucuxi (Steno), 32.
lur.sio (De]j)hinus), 26.
tursio (Tursiops), 26.
I'ursiop.s, 26.

Ziiihiina:, 9.
Ziphius, 10.

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