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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

Cetacea.—Whale-Tribe

Cetacea.—Whale-Tribe.

BalæNa.

B. australis(?).

The "Right Whale" is still observed in Australian waters. A fine skeleton, 96 feet long, is in the Melbourne Museum.

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Physeter.

P. macrocephalus.

Sperm Whales are also caught occasionally. A skeleton, 35 feet long, is in the Australian Museum, at Sydney.

Kogia.

K. Graii.

Of this curious and rare species of Whale, specimens are now and then obtained. A skin and two skeletons are in the Australian Museum, at Sydney.

Dioplodon.

D. seychellensis.

A rare Whale,—a skeleton of which was lately purchased of some of the inhabitants of Lord Howe Island, is now in the Australian Museum, at Sydney. Many other cetaceans inhabit the Australian seas, but we cannot enumerate all the species in this paper.

Mesoplodon?

A fine skeleton, allied to the above genus, has just been secured for the Museum, which contains also several skeletons and many skulls of the so-called "Killers" and Porpoises.