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killed near Oban, in May 1829 (Tamer, P. B. S. Edin., 1870-1, 

 p. 365), and a large male was washed ashore near Thurso in July 

 1863. The skeleton of the latter is now in the British Museum, 

 and is described in Prof. Flower's admirable monograph (Tr. Z. 

 S., vi., pp. 309-372). Lastly a male, said to be nearly 60 feet 

 long, was stranded in Loch Scavaig in Skye, in July 1871 (Turner, 

 P. R. S. Edin., 1871-2, p. 632). Several others have occurred 

 from time to time on the English coasts. 



27. Hyperoodox rostratus (Chemnitz). 



Common Beaked- Whale. 



A much more frequent visitor to our shores than any of the 

 preceding species, specimens being killed almost every autumn 

 on some parts of the coast. Fishermen usually confound it with 

 the other smaller Whales under the names of " Bottle-nose," 

 " Grampus," and " Muc-inkara." Two crania of this Whale are 

 in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh, one 

 from a specimen caught at Queensferry and the other from one 

 killed in Hanma Voe, Shetland. 



28. Hyperoodox latifroxs, Gray. 



Broad-fronted Beaked-Whale. 



This Whale has only been distinguished from the last by its 

 skull, its external characters remaining still undescribed. The 

 skull on which Gray founded the species was sent from Orkney, 

 and passed through Warwick's collection to the British Museum 

 (Zool " Erebus'' and " Terror" i., p. 27). A female, 28 feet in 

 length, was taken in the Firth of Forth in October 1839, and its 

 skeleton is preserved in the Edinburgh Museum of Science and 

 Art (Gray, Cat. Seals and Whales, p. 339). As far as is at present 

 known, the Broad-fronted Beaked-Whale would appear to be 

 everywhere a rare animal. 



29. Ziphius cavirostris, Cuvier. 



Cuvier's Whale. 



The only recorded British specimen of this little known Cetacean 

 was taken off Hamna Yoe, Mainland of Shetland, in 1870, and 

 its skull, now in the Anatomical Museum of the University, was 

 described and figured by Prof. Turner in the Transactions of the 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh (xxvi., pp. 759-778, pi. xxix-xxx) 

 Only a few specimens of the species are known to zoologists. 



