[GENUS GLOBICEPHALUS—THE CA'ING OR PILOT WHALE.]
Head globular in front; teeth few in number; the dorsal fin is high, situated nearer to the head than to the tail; the flippers very long and narrow; the fingers possessing an unusually large number of bones.
[NO. 269. GLOBICEPHALUS INDICUS.]
The Indian Ca'ing Whale (Jerdon's No. 146).
HABITAT.—Bay of Bengal.
DESCRIPTION.—Body cylindrical, tapering to the tail; dorsal fin high, falcate, and placed about the middle of the body proper, excluding the tail portion; the forehead with a prominent boss over the snout, which is short; pectoral fins long and narrow; colour uniform leaden black, paler beneath.
SIZE.—Fourteen feet, flippers 2 feet; dorsal fin, 2¼ feet long, 11 inches high; tail flukes, 3 feet broad.
Blyth's specimens were procured in the Salt Lakes near Calcutta. It was for the young of this that he mistook Orcella brevirostris.
[PHYSETERIDÆ—THE CACHELOTS OR SPERM WHALES.]
[NO. 270. PHYSETER or EUPHYSETES SIMUS.]
The Snub-nosed Cachelot.