568 ME. W. R. E. OLIVER : REVIEW OF THE 



pi. 16 ; Yan Beneden & Gervais, 1880. Osteogr. Cet. pp. 377, 515^ 

 Atlas, pi. 21 bis, 23, 23 bis; True, 1910, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 73, p. 68. Berardins arnouxi Duvernoy, Flower, 1872, Trans. 

 Zool. See. vol. viii. p. 212, pis, 27-29 ; Beddard, 1900, Book of 

 Whales, p. 228. "Ziphid Whale," Knox, 1871 , Trans. N.Z. Inst, 

 vol. iii. p. 125 ; Hector, 1871, ib. p. 129, pis. 16, 17. 



The Porpoise Whale has been recorded a number of times in 

 New Zealand and once from La Plata (Marelli, Ann. Mus. Nac. 

 Buenos Aires, vol. xxx. p. 411, 1920). The following eleven 

 specimens appear to be all the authentic New Zealand records. 

 Besides these, a whale measured by Knox (1871) at Porirua prob- 

 ably belonged to this species. 



Ghatha7)i Island. — Skull in Otago Museum. 



Coast near Wanganui. — Skeleton in Wanganui Museum. 

 Skull — length, 115 cm.; mandible, 104 cm. Aveoli two in each 

 ramus. Vertebrfe : C. 7, D. 10, L. & Ca. 22 + =39-1-. Three 

 cervicals fused. Ribs 10, of which 7 are two-headed, 8th attached 

 to centrum of 7th dorsal, 9th and 10th attached to transversa 

 processes of the corresponding vertebrfe. Sternum : 1st and 2nd 

 segments notched in front and behind, 3rd notched in front only; 

 4th of two lateral pieces, broad in front, united for 6 cm. , free 

 and obtusely pointed behind. 



Cook Strait. — ■(«) Worser Bay, Wellington Harbour. Stranded 

 Januaxy 1870. Skull and other bones in Dominion Museum, 

 Wellington. Measurements of animal given by Knox. Skull 

 described by Hector (1871, 1873). Length of skull, 120 cm. 

 Only one pair of alveoli present in mandible, (b) Entrance to 

 AVellington Harbour. Captured 12th January, 1877, Skeleton 

 in Dominion Museum, Wellington. Exterior and skeleton de- 

 scribed by Hector (1878). Teeth two in each i-amus of mandible 

 near apex. Yertebrse : 0. 7, D. 10, L. 13, Ca. 17 = 47. First 

 three cervicals fused. Ribs 10, of which 8 are two-headed. 

 Sternum of 5 segments. Phalanges : 1, 6, 5, 4, 3. 



Saltwater Creek, north of Banks Peninsula.- — Male, stranded 

 27th December, 1873. Skeleton in Canterbury Museum. Teeth 

 2 . 2. Yertebrse : C. 7, D. 10, L. 13, Ca. 17 = 47. Three cervicals 

 fused. Ribs 10, of which 8 ai-e two-headed. Sternum of four 

 segments. Scapula with broad expanded acromion and nari-ow 

 thick and but slightly broadening coracoid. Phalanges: 2, 5, 

 4, 3, 3. 



New Brighton Beach. — Stranded 16th December, 1868. Skele- 

 ton in Museum of Royal College of Surgeons, London. Exterior 

 described by von Haast (1870). Skeleton described by Flower, 

 Yan Beneden & Gervais, and Beddard. Yertebrte : C. 7, D. 10, 

 L. 12, Ca. 19 = 48. Three cervicals fused. Ribs 10, of wdiich 7 

 are two-headed. Phalanges : 2, 5, 4, 4, 3. 



Akaroa. — («) 1846. Skull in Pai-is Museum. Described by 

 Duvernoy as the type of Berardius ao-nuxii. Described and 



