TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 117 



SNAKES (Ophidia). 



Common Water Snake, Trop'idonotus fasc'mia, var. 



sipedoii 1 year 



BIRDS 

 BIRDS (Aves). 



Loon, Urinator imber. Kept tor a few weeks and then 



sent to the Zoo. 



Penguin, Spheniscus linmboldfi (?) 5 months 



Brown Pelican, Pelecanus fusciis. Kept for a few 



weeks, when it escaped. 



MAMMALS 



(Whales, Sea Cows, Seals) 



WHALES— Cetacea. 



White Whale, Dclpliinapteriis leucas 7 weeks 



Dolphin, Delphinus del phis (Received in poor condi- 

 tion) 2 weeks 



Dusky Dolphin, Lagcnorhijnchus sp. 2 days 



Bottle-nosed Porpoise, Tursiops truncatus l-)<4 years 



SEA COWS— SiRENiA. 



Manatee or Sea Cow, Manatus latirostris 1 3/2 years 



Amazon Manatee, M. imitiguis 2 years 



SEALS PlNNIPEDIA. 



Harbor Seal, Phoca vitiilina 8 years 



Harj) Seal, P. groenlandica 3 months 



Alaska Fur Seal, CaJlorhinus alascanus 8 months 



West Indian Seal, Monachus iropicalis ,. .5 years 



Elephant Seal, Macrorhinus anqustirostris 9 months 



California Sea Lion, ZflZop/iJi.9 raZi/ornia?rH.y (still living) 11 vears 

 BEAVERS— Castoridae. 



North American Beaver, Castor canadensis 2 months 



