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CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA HOODED SEAL. 



this statement.* The testimony on this point is too explicit, 

 however, to be set aside on the mere ground of opinion. 



Bespectiug the size of this species, DeKay gives the total 

 length of the male specimen described by him as 90.5 inches, of 



which the tail formed 6.5 inches. He says its weight was 500 

 to 600 pounds (loc. cit., p. 56). Carroll says the length of the 

 Hooded Seal, "from nose to tail", is 6 to 8 feet, and that the 

 weight of the male, " when in full llesh ", varies from 800 to 900 

 pounds, of which the skin and fat form 350 to 450 pounds, 

 while the skin and fat of the female, " when prime", w T ill weigh 

 only 150 to 200 pounds. This indicates that the female is much 

 smaller than the male (loc. cit.j p. 14). Quenuerstedt gives the 



*Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 436, footnote ; Manual Nat. Hist., Geol., 

 etc., Greenland, Mam., 1875, p. 64, footnote. 



