[21] Sketch Nat. Hist. Australia, p. 188.
[22] Austral. Vertebr. p. 39.
[23] Prodrom. Zool. Victoria, v. 2, 1885, p. 2.
[24] Cheeseman, Trans. New Zealand Inst. v. 25, 1893, p. 108.
[25] Cat. Chelon. Brit. Mus. 1889, p. 10.
[26] Essai sur l'Hist. Nat. du Chili, 1789, p. 194.
[27] Ann. Univ. Chile, v. 104, 1899, [separate pp. 3-6], pl.—.
[28] West Am. Scientist, v. 3, no. 24, 1887, p. 99.
[29] It is interesting to note the similarity of the account given by Captain Subritzky of the capture of his specimen, which is given by Cheeseman (Trans. New Zealand Inst. v. 25, 1893, p. 109) as follows: "When passing Cape Brett on a voyage from Awanui to Auckland, he noticed a floating object, which he at first took for a boat bottom upwards. The schooner's boat was lowered, and he proceeded to inspect it; when, to his astonishment, it suddenly disappeared, shortly afterward reappearing a little distance further away. Returning to his vessel, he secured a harpoon and line, and then pulled cautiously up to the creature, soon recognizing it to be a large turtle-like animal entirely new to him. After a little manœuvering he succeeded in harpooning it in the neck. According to him, it made a most determined resistance, making for the boat open-mouthed, snapping its jaws violently. It succeeded in getting its flappers over the side of the boat, nearly capsizing it, but was stunned by a blow on the head, towed alongside the schooner, and hoisted on board."
[30] Distant, Zoologist, 4th ser. v. 2, 1898, p. 500.