. The seals and whales of the British seas. -oung one, it is quite possible that it may have belonged to Fig. 25. Rissos Dolphin {Gramt<us griscus, G. Cuv.) On the 26th July, a male of the same species was captured alive at Sidle-sham, near Chichester, and sent to the Brighton Aquarium, where it livedfor a few hours only. Rissos Dolphin varies very considerably in its colouration. The Sidle-sham specimen was bluish-black above, and dirty white beneath ; in the adultfemale described by Professor Flower (from whose illustration our figure is,with his permission, copied), the head and th
. The seals and whales of the British seas. -oung one, it is quite possible that it may have belonged to Fig. 25. Rissos Dolphin {Gramt<us griscus, G. Cuv.) On the 26th July, a male of the same species was captured alive at Sidle-sham, near Chichester, and sent to the Brighton Aquarium, where it livedfor a few hours only. Rissos Dolphin varies very considerably in its colouration. The Sidle-sham specimen was bluish-black above, and dirty white beneath ; in the adultfemale described by Professor Flower (from whose illustration our figure is,with his permission, copied), the head and the whole of the body anterior to SEALS AND WHALES OF THE BRITLSH SEAS. 117 the dorsal fin was of a lightish grey, variegated with patches of both darker and whiter hue Behind the anterior edge of the dorsal fin the general colour of the surface, including the dorsal and caudal fins, was nearly black,though with a large light patch on the upper part of the side directly abovethe pudendal orifice. The middle of the belly as far back as the pudendalorifice, was greyish white.* The most remarkable characterist
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