THE LEOPARD SEAL 



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Table I (contd.) 



Note. The initials "W.S." and "D.L" only indicate different series of bone labels and have no other 

 significance in the present connexion. They are therefore omitted in textual references. 



dimensions are about 100 cm. long and 50 cm. wide at the broadest part, just behind 

 the flippers. The back is rather pale grey with a broad darker stripe down the middle 

 line; the head is grey dorsally but with pale marks round the eyes; the lips and chin 

 are white. The flanks and belly are almost white, sharply divided off from the grey 

 of the back, but there is an irregular and asymmetrical sprinkling of dark spots and 

 streaks on the flanks; the vibrissae are almost black. 



The colour distribution and markings are practically the same as in the adult, but 

 the second coat, which can be seen already in the middle of the back, is darker than 

 the first (Plate VII). 



