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96 MARINE MAMMALS OF THE NORTH-WESTERN COAST. 
Ft. In. 
Length 4 8 
Greatest girth ( behind pectorals ) 3 2 
Girth at the vent 1 4 
From tip of snout to pectorals 1 
Length of pectorals 8 
Width of pectorals 2^ 
From tip of snout to dorsal fin 2 
Length of dorsal fin, along the back 9 
Height of dorsal fin 3£ 
Expansion of caudal fin 1 2 
Greatest breadth of each lobe 5 
From tip of snout to genital slit 2 1 
From tip of snout to vent 3 4 
Opening of mouth 3^ 
From tip of snout to eyes 6 
From tip of snout to spout-hole 5 
Depth of small at junction with caudal fin 3 
Depth of small at the vent 7 
Thickness of blubber 1 
Another specimen, a female, taken at San Francisco, California, during- the 
summer of 1872, was examined and measured, with the following results : 
Ft. In. 
Length ' 4 
Greatest girth ( behind pectorals ) 2 3^ 
From tip of snout to pectorals 11 
Length of pectorals 6 
"Width of pectorals 2| 
From tip of snout to dorsal fin 1 9 
Height of dorsal fin 4 
Length of dorsal fin along the back 9 
Expansion of caudal fin 1 
Breadth of each lobe of caudal fin 4 
Depth of small at junction -with caudal fin 3 
Thickness of small at junction with caudal fin 1^ 
From tip of snout to corner of mouth 4 
From tip of snout to eyes 6 
From tip of snout to spiracle 5J 
From tip of snout to ears 8 
From notch of caudal fin to vent 1 4 
From notch of caudal fin to genital slit 1 5 
From notch of caudal fin to teat slit 1 G 
Thickness of blubber Of 
