746 M. ANGUSTIROSTRIS CALIFORNIAN SEA ELEPHANT. 



Two salted skins, male and female, obtained from Santa Bar- 

 bara, by Professor O. C. Marsh, which I had an opportunity of 

 examining as they were unpacked at Professor Ward's estab- 

 lishment, measured respectively from tip of nose to end of tail 

 5 feet and 4 feet 10 inches. One of these specimens nowmeas- 



FlG. 59. Macrorhinus aiigustirostris. No. 4704, Nat. Mus. ; nat. size. 



ures, mounted, 6 feet 4 inches. They were young individuals, 

 probably yearlings. In neither was the proboscis at all de- 

 veloped. Captain Scammon gives the length of a " new-born 

 pup " as 4 feet. 



SKULL. The skull diifers from that of Cyatophora cristata 

 as already described, but its general contour is essentially the 



