ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS ON THE QUEENS- 
LAND COAST. 
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By Heper A. Loneman, F.L.S., Director of the Queensland. 
Museum. 
Plates III and LV. 
(Read before the Royal Society of Queensland, 28th July, 
1919). 
In December, 1918, Mr. B. H. Todd kindly informed. 
me that the remains of a large marine animal were stranded. 
on the coast at Nikenbah, near Maryborough, South 
Queensland, on the property of Mr. Emil Jensen. For- 
tunately the remains were above tidal influence, and the 
opinion was expressed by Mr. Todd that the animal must 
have “‘ committed suicide’ to get ashore in such a way. 
Probably it was endeavouring to escape from some enemy. 
On being communicated with, Mr. Jensen kindly covered 
the remains with sand, to facilitate cleaning, and in 
February forwarded to the Queensland Museum all the 
bones obtainable. Special care was taken to preserve 
the cranium, the detached rami of the lower jaw and a single 
tooth. Examination shows that the bones are those of a 
specimen of Cuvier’s Whale, Ziphius cavirostris, which has. 
not previously been recorded from the Coasts of Australia. 
Reg. No. Q.M.J. 3262. 
The distribution of this interesting Cetacean was dealt. 
with by Dr. 8S. F. Harmer, in 1915, who reviewed the previous. 
references and recorded the occurrence of two specimens 
on the Southern Coast of Ireland.* Previous records 
included specimens from both sides of the Atlantic, Bering 
*Harmer, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1915, pp. 559-566. 
