. The seals and whales of the British seas. i{J, the numbers not always beingequal, even on the different sides of the mouth of the same individual. Thelength is from 5 to 8 feet. * Trans. Zool. Soc, vol. .i., p. 2, with plate. 124 SEALS AND WHALES OF THE BRITLSH SEAS. BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN. The Bottle-nosed Doli-hin {Delpliimis tnrsio, Fab. ; Tnrsio truncatus,Gray), fig. 28, appears to be found occasionally from the Mediterranean to theNorth Sea; it is by no means, however, a common species. Professor Flowersays it is rare in the Mediterranean, though Gervais gives several instances. Fig. 28.
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. The seals and whales of the British seas. i{J, the numbers not always beingequal, even on the different sides of the mouth of the same individual. Thelength is from 5 to 8 feet. * Trans. Zool. Soc, vol. .i., p. 2, with plate. 124 SEALS AND WHALES OF THE BRITLSH SEAS. BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN. The Bottle-nosed Doli-hin {Delpliimis tnrsio, Fab. ; Tnrsio truncatus, Gray), fig. 28, appears to be found occasionally from the Mediterranean to theNorth Sea; it is by no means, however, a common species. Professor Flowersays it is rare in the Mediterranean, though Gervais gives several instances. Fig. 28. Bottle-nosed Dolphin (DclpJiinus tnrsio, Fabricius.) of its capture in the Gulf of Lyons. It probably has a more northernrange than D. delphis ; but, as in the case of that species, there is stillmuch obscurity as to the exact limits of its distribution.* A specimenwas seen in January, 1873, in the fishmarket at Algiers, by Mr. J. W. Clark, of Cambridge. Trans. Zoo!. Soc, vol. xi., p. 5. SEALS AND WHALES OF THE BRITISH SEAS. 125 Of the habits of this species very httle is known : its colour is black above, shaded to white below, and its length from 8 to 12 feet; teeth from 21to 25 on either side of each jaw, truncated when old. The figure is froma drawing of a nearly adult male, taken at Holyhead, in October, 1868, forwhich I am indebted to the kindness of Professor Flower. WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN. The White-sided Dolphin {Delphinns acutus, J. E. Gray; Lagcnorhynchusaciitits, Gray, Zool. Erebus and Terror), is a rare species, which has occurredin a few instances on the British coas