| OCR Text |
Show 376 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Apr. %> Order CETACEA. Family BAL.ENID.E. 154. MEGAPTERA BOOPS. Humpbacked Whale. Hauitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1898, p. 9) says there is an incomplete skeleton of this species from Malacca in the Raffles Museum. I believe it was obtained in October 1891. Family DELPHINID^E. 155. PHOC.ENA PHOC.ENOIDES (Cuv.). The Little Iudian Porpoise. Phoccena phoccenoides, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 574, fig. 187 (p. 575). Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1898, p. 9) records " Neomeris phoccenoides" from Singapore. In the Museum at Taiping there is a stuffed specimen caught off Mafang, Perak, about 46 inches (say 1168 mm.) in total length, apparently of this species. Distribution. Indian Ocean, from Cape of Good Hope to Japan (Blanf. op. cit. p. 575). 156. ORCELLA BREVIROSTRIS (Owen). The Larger Iudian Porpoise. Orcella brevirostris, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 571, fig. 189. " Lomba- lomba " of the Malays. The British Museum contains a stuffed specimen from Singapore (Flower, List of Cetacea, 1885, p. 17), from whence it is also recorded by Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1898, p. 9). In the Museum at Taiping there is a stuffed specimen, caught off Matang, Perak, about 60 inches (say 1524 mm.) in total length, apparently of this species. Distribution. Bay of Bengal, Singapore, North Borneo. 157. STENO PLUMBEUS (Dussum.). The Plumbeous Dolphin. Steno plumbeus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 583. Cantor (p. 66) says Delphinus plumbeus occurs on the coasts of Penang, is called " Parampuan Laut" by the Malays of the Peninsula, and " the species, although very numerous, and rather heavy in its movements, is rarely captured, except by chance in fishing stakes." Iu the Museum at Taiping there are three stuffed specimens, from the coasts of Perak, probably of this species ; the largest is about 78 inches (say 1980 mm.) in total length. Distribution. Indian Ocean. 158. DELPHINUS DELPHTS L. The Common Dolphin. DJphinus ddphis, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 587, fig. 182. Recorded from Singapore bv Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1898, p. 9). |
