236 EUMETOPIAS STELLERI STELLEE's SEA LION. 



Measurements from Two Skins of Eumetopias stelleri. 



N"o. 2920, CoU. Mus. Comp. Zool. 

 cf, about 10 years old. 



Length of body 



Length, of tail 



Extent of outstretched fore limbs 



Length of hand 



Breadth of hand 



Length of foot 



Breadth of foot at tarsus 



Breadth of foot at ends of the toe-flaps. 



Length of flap of outer toe 



Length of flap of second toe 



Length of flap of third toe 



Length of flap of fourth toe 



Length of flap of inner toe 



Distance from end of nose to eye 



Distance from end of nose to ear 



Distance between the eyes 



Distance between the ears 



Length of the ear 



1 Length of longest barbule 



Dist. between points of longest barbules 

 Circumference of the body at fore limbs. 

 Circumference of the body near the tail. 

 Circumference of the head at the ears . . 

 Length of body to end of hind limbs . . 



Unmounted. 



2,750 

 100 



2,362 

 575 

 337 

 559 

 216 

 483 

 200 



. 179 

 152 

 164 

 164 

 215 

 368 

 190 

 372 

 37 

 342 

 800 



Mounted. 



2,790 

 100 



560 



335 



540 



210 



445 



200 



156 



147 



150 



150 



190 



365 



195 



370 



35 



342 



800 



2,250 



1,000 



1,000 



3,450 



Ko. 2921, CoU. 

 Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., cT, about 

 15 years old. 



Mounted. 



3,010 

 110 



620 

 360 

 610 

 230 

 440 

 220 

 210 

 190 

 190 

 165 

 170 

 380 

 210 

 420. 

 35 



2,600 



1,020 



980 



3,790 



Captain Scainmon gives tlie following external measurements 

 of a full-grown male taken at the Farallone Islands, July 17, 

 1872. 



ft. in. mm. 



Length from tip of nose to end of hind, flippers 12 =3, 660 



Length of Jiind flippers 2 2= 660 



Breadth of hind flippers (expanded) 9= 220 



Circumference of body behind fore limbs 7 =2, 150 



From nose to fore limbs 5 =1,526 



Length of fore flipper 2 6= 753 



Breadth of fore flipper 1 4 = 470 



Distance between extremities of fore limbs 10 0=3, 035 



Length of ear . 1|= 47 



Length of tail 7 = 177 



Length of longest whiskers 1 6 = 457 



Length of longest hind claw 1J= 32 



