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ZIPHIUS MESOPLODON— BEKAKDIUS FHOOJSNA. b
Ziphius grebnitzkii Stejnooer.
Family ZIPHIID.E.
Genus ZIPHIUS.
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, }>. 77, .luiie 22, 1883.
20908. Skull. Bering- Island. Autumn of 1882. Collected by Dr.
L. Steineger. Original number 1.521. Catalogued November 24,
1883.
Type designated by Dr. L. Stejnejrer'H oritjiiial iuuhIkm- ]52I=Museum No.
20993.
Hyperodon semijunctus Cope.
I'roc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18G5, p. 280, ordered publi^-lu-d December 26. 1865.
Jliiperaoilon Kemijunctus Cope. See Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1869,
p." 31.
=Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier. See True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., \'1II, p. 585.
21975. Skeleton. Young female. Charleston Harbor, South Caro-
lina. March, 1861. Collected by Dr. G. E. Manigault. Cata-
logued July 15, 1885.
skeleton iu fair condition, nearly complete.
Type not designated by number. Described while in possession of the
Charleston Museum. Since then acquired by the U. S. National Museum.
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True.
Genus MESOPLODON.
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VIII, p. 584, pi. 25, October 19, 1885.
21112. Cranium. Young. Bering Island. 1883. Collected by Dr.
L. Stejneger. Catalogued February 2, 1884.
Tympanic and malar bones lacking, ])terygoids imperfect.
Description based on one specimen, mentioned by number.
Genus BERARDIUS.
Berardius bairdii Stejneger. See page 287.
Phocaena dalli True.
Family DELPHINID.E.
Genus PHOC/ENA.
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VIII, p. 95, pis. 2-5, May 20, 1885; Bull. V. S. Nat.
Mus., No. 36, p. 123, 1889.
217.62. Skull. Adult male. Strait west of Adakh I.sland, Aleutian
Group, Ala.ska. Augu.st 13, 1873. Collected by Di-. W. H. Dull.
Original number 1554. Catalogued April 23, 1885.
Skull in good condition, but earbones, malar.H, and upper teeth lacking and
one pterygoid broken.