Supplement to the catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum

by John Edward Gray

1. Sphærocephalus incrassatus.

B.M.

Sphærocephalus incrassatus, Gray, l. c. p. 324, figs. 63 & 64; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 9.

Inhab. British Channel, Bridport.

II. Pectoral fin broad, rounded or truncated at the end; hand shorter than the arm-bones; second finger the longest, the rest gradually shorter; phalanges of the second finger six or eight (cf. [p. 63]).

Family 13. ORCADÆ.

Orca, Gray, Cat. Seals & Whales, p. 278; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 8.

Head rounded, scarcely beaked. Dorsal fin falcate. Skull heavy; wings of sides expanded; beak short, broad; triangle in front of the blowers flat. Lower jaw thick in front; symphysis short. Teeth large.