280 ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS CALIFORNIAN SEA LION. 



hind-flippers, 1996 mm. (collector's measurement from fresh speci- 

 men, "6 ft. 7 in."); girth "behind axilla, 1068 mm. (collector's 

 measurement, "3 ft. 6 in.") ; tail 80 mm.; ear, 34 mm.; longest 

 whisker, 100 mm. The skeleton of an adult female (M. C. Z. 

 Coll., No. 6) has a total length to end of tail of 1706 mm. ; to end 

 of phalanges of hind flipper, 1908 mm. 



The collector's measurements of the young (two or three 

 months' old) specimens are : Male, nose to end of outstretched 

 hind-flippers, "4 ft," (1220 mm.); girth, "2 ft." (610 mm.). 

 Female, nose to end of outstretched hind-flippers, "3 ft. 8 in." 

 (1120 mm.) ; girth, I ft. 11 in." (583 mm.). The foetal specimen 

 (M. C. Z. Coll., No. 5839, stuffed), already described, measures 

 from nose to end of tail 850 mm.; from nose to end of out- 

 stretched hind-flippers, 970 mm. ; hind-flippers (from heel), 

 115 mm.; fore-flipper (from axilla), 200 mm.; tail, 45 mm.; 

 ear, 25 mm.; longest whisker, 55 mm. 



Captain Scammon gives the following measurements of " Sea 

 Lions," taken at Santa Barbara Island in April and May, 

 1871-73. They include an " adult female " (column 1); a male 

 (column 2), " about ten months old," taken April 4, 1872 ; a 

 female (column 3), "supposed to be a yearling"; and "a new- 

 born female Sea Lion pup " (column 4), taken May 3, 1873. 



* Adult female. 



t Male, teu months old. 



t Female, aboiit one year old. 



Female, newly born. 



