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where it also becomes of a reddish brown or chestnut tinge. This fur persists till 

 middle age, but in old age becomes gradually more and more scanty, frequently 

 disappearing almost completely, or even entirely, from patches of larger or smaller 



WALRUSES ON THE ICE (^ nat. Size). 



extent ; while in some very old males of the Pacific walrus the whole skin may be 

 almost naked. The skin over the entire body is thrown into a number of folds 

 and wrinkles, these folds being heaviest in the region of the shoulders. The 

 frequent fights in which these animals engage add a number of scars to the skin. 

 Of four adult males measured by Mr. J. A. Allen the smallest had a length of 9| 



