^Hunting at High Altitudes 



of the skulls of mature animals that the species is 

 unquestionably distinct from its Southern relative. 

 The character of the proboscis of the adult male, 

 the appearance of the new-born young, and other 

 facts in the natural history of the animal, have 

 been ascertained. The completion of a group of 

 elephant seals in the American Museum of Natural 

 History in New York, mounted according to pho- 

 tographs and actual measurements, will soon give 

 us a graphic view of this large and remarkable 

 North American animal that came so near to being 

 lost to> science. 



Charles Haskins Townsend. 



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