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Characters of the PINNIPEDIA Continued. 

 Family PHOCID^. 



Sub-family CYSTOPHORHIN.E. 



Genus MACRORHINUS 



MACRORHINUS ANGUSTIROSTRIS Californian Sea Elephant 743 



Bibliographical references 743 



External characters 743-746 



Skull 746-749 



Measurements of skulls 748 



Measurements of the skeleton of Macrorhinus leoninus 749 



Comparison with the Southern Sea Elephant 749-751 



Geographical distribution 751-752 



General history 752-753 



Habits 753-755 



Chase and products 755-756 



APPENDIX. 



A. Material examined 757-764 



Family ODOB^ENID^; 757-758 



Odobaenus rosmaraa 758 



Odobsenns obesus 



Family OTARIIU-S: 758-760 



Eumetopias stelleri 758 



Zalophus californianus 



Callorhinus nrsinus 760 



Family PHOCID.E 761-764 



Phoca vitulina 761 



Phoca fcetida 762 



Phoca groenlandica 



Erignathus barbatus 763 



Histriophoca fasciata 



Halichoerus grypus . . . 



Cystophora cristata 



Macrorhinus angustirostris ' 



B. Additions and Corrections 765-774 



Family ODOB.ENID.E 765-769 



Odobcenus rosmarus Atlantic Walrus 765-768 



Additional references 765 



Size a iid external appearance 



Geographical distribution 766-767 



Nova Zembla 766 



Franz-Josef Land 766 



Abundance in Wolstenholme Sound 766 



Spitzbergen, &c 766 



Iceland 766 



Supposed presence of "Walruses in the Antarctic Seas 766 



The "Walrus a formidable antagonist 



Curiosity and fearlessness of the "Walrus 767 



Locomotion ; use of tlie tusks in climbing 767 



Figures of the "Walrus 768 



Odobcenus obesus Pacific "Walrua 768 



Distribution 



Family OTARIID.E 769-774 



Otaries at the Galapagos Islands 



Fossil Otaries 770 



Capture of Sea Lions for menageries 770 



Zalophus californianus California Sea Lion 771 



Period of gestation 



Callorhinus ursinus 772 



Breeding off the coast of "Washington Territory 



Family PHOCID^: 



Extinct species 



