744 M. ANGUSTIROSTKIS CALIFORNIAN SEA ELEPHANT. 



from opposite tlie angle of the inouth forward (in ihe larger 

 males) about fifteen inches, when the creature is in a state of 

 quietude, and the upper surface appears ridgy ; but wheu the 



animal makes an excited respiration, the triink becomes elon- 

 gated, and the ridges nearly disappear." The females "are 

 destitute of the proboscis, the nose being like that of the com- 

 mon seal, but projecting more over the inouth." Scammon. 



Captain Scammou gives the following measurements, in feet 

 and inches, of two large females taken on the coast of Lower 

 California : 



"No. 1. No. 2. 



" Length from tip to tip 9 10 



Round the body Ixluiul the fore flippers 5 10 5 9 



Length of tail 2 2^ 



