. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. T(1E BLACK DOLPHIN. 83 and the Irtish, the Muokt'iizio ami the Coppermine, wliieh it sometimes ascends to a considerable distance in pnrsiiit of tlie salmon, its len<,'th varies from twelve tn twenty feet : it no <lorsal tin; and its iiead is round, with a broad truncated sncHit. The black dolphin {(rlohiccphalus yloh'ceps) is als
. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. T(1E BLACK DOLPHIN. 83 and the Irtish, the Muokt'iizio ami the Coppermine, wliieh it sometimes ascends to a considerable distance in pnrsiiit of tlie salmon, its len<,'th varies from twelve tn twenty feet : it no <lorsal tin; and its iiead is round, with a broad truncated sncHit. The black dolphin {(rlohiccphalus yloh'ceps) is also an inhabitant of tin- Polar seas, butli Sey^nd Behring Strait, and between Greenland and Spitzbergen. It is, however, tVequently met with in waters further south. Its length averages about twenty-four feet, and its circumfer-. A SHOAL OF _ â ^i- ence ter. .jet. Its smooth oily skin is bluish-black on the iqijier, ami an obscure white on the lower, parts of the body. Twenty-^ ivo oi' twenty four strong interlocking teeth in each jaw form its formidable apjiaratus of offence and d- ^'ence ; its dorsal fin is about iifteen inchc high ; its tail five feet broad; the pectoral fins are long and narrow, and well adapted to assist their owner in its rapid movements. It consorts with its kind in herds of several hundreds, under the guidance of some old and wa'-y males, whom the icai follow as doc' " ⢠as a Hock of shee]) their bell-wether; hence the Shetlanders term it tin; "ca'ing ; Large shoals are frequently stranded on the shores of Norway, Iceland, an(' tln' (trkney. Faroe, and Shetland Isles, furnishing the inhabitants with a welcome booty. To the same latitudes belong the ferocious ore or grampus (Delj)liiiius r,ri-(t), the tiger of the seas, which not only attacks the porpoise and dolphin, but even the colossal whale. Its broa<l deep body is black above and white beneath ; the sides are marbled with black and white. Then^ are thirty teet
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