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Show 382 PROF. FLOWER ON THE COMMON DOLPHIN. [Apr. ', lateral line is visible, but very indistinct; it runs in the median furrow of the body. The coloration (in the single preserved specimen) is a uniform yellowish grey, without trace of spots or bands. The belly is silky grey, the inside of the mouth black. Measurements :- millim. Total length (to the tip of the caudal) 184 Length from the snout to the origin of the dorsal 43 Length from the snout to the vent 73 Length from the vent to the tip of the caudal Ill Length of the head 40 Height of the body 20 Length of the intermaxillary 15 Length of the snout 11 Length of the eye 10 Length of the postorbital part of the head 19 Length of the pectorals 20 Through the kindness of Prof. Peters I have been enabled to describe a specimen of this species, 7\ inches long, which is preserved in the Zoological Museum of Berlin. It was purchased through Mr. Salvin, and was said to have been received from Japan. The absence of vomerine and palatine teeth, a character quite peculiar to the species, will perhaps necessitate its removal to a separate genus, for which I propose the name Lycodopsis. Christiania, March 20, 1879. 5. On the Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis, Linn. By WILLIAM H E N R Y FLOWER, F.R.S., P.Z.S. It is somewhat remarkable that no really adequate figure of so well known an animal as the Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis, L., is to be found in any zoological publication. The best with which I am acquainted is one given by Reinhardt (" Notits om en paa bst-kysten of Jylland fanget Delphinus delphis," in Naturh. Forenings Vidensk. Meddelelser, Nr. 10 & 11, 1866), from an animal 5 feet 4 inches long taken near Grenaa, on the Jutland shore of the Cattegat, in November 1865. This figure, however, is not coloured, and wants the details of the markings seen in the specimen to be described presently. Perhaps the next best figure, and, indeed, in some respects superior, is that given in the illustrated edition of Cuvier's ' Animal Kingdom/ which is stated to be " d'apres une peinture originale de Marechal faisant partie des ve'lins du Museum." The figures in the volume on Cetacea in the ' Naturalist's Library' by Dr. Hamilton and in Bell's' British Quadrupeds' are apparently founded on this, though in the latter the tail is differently formed, the gradations of colour are badly given in the engraving, and the whole creature has too |