MEASUREMENTS AND WEIGHTS OF ANTARCTIC SEALS. 



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(the Weddell Seal) continued. 



WEIGHT. 



(the Crab-eating Seal). 



4 to 



5 ewts. 



300 



(fina) 



494 



325 



(circa) 



14 I 14 



Length =$lins. 

 greatest width = 31 



1 11 



1 6 



1 12 



REMARKS. 



Shot by R. DAVIDSON in Scotia Bay. About two months old. 

 Additional measurement, from anus to penis, 13 inches. 



Shot by R. DAVIDSON in Scotia Bay. About two months old. Skin 

 presented to Glasgow Corporation Art Galleries and Museum. 



Shot by R. DAVIDSON in Scotia Bay. About two months old. 

 Additional measurement, from anus to penis, 12 inches. Skin pre- 

 sented to Coats Museum, Paisley. 



Shot at Point Martin, Scotia Bay. 

 ' dimensions taken. 



Skeletons preserved. No 



Shot by R. N. R. BROWN on west shore of Scotia Bay. Skeleton 

 preserved. 



Shot by D. W. WILTON on west shore of Scotia Bay. Skin and 

 skeleton preserved. Skin presented to Museum of Perthshire Society 

 of Natural Science, Perth. 



Shot by W. S. BRUCB, 2 miles off Coats Land, 74 1' S., 22 W. 

 Additional weights and measurements : stomach and contents (fish and 

 cuttle-fish), 50 Ibs.; spleen, 5 Ibs.; diaphragm, 4 Ibs. 6 ozs.; gut, 43 Ibs.; 

 and measured 111 feet. Skin presented to Royal Scottish Museum. 



Shot by J. H. H. PIRIB at Station 152, 60 32' S., 43 40' W. Skull 

 preserved. Additional measurements : from anus to penis, 16f inches ; 

 from penis to umbilicus, 9 inches. Weight between 4 and 5 cwts. 

 Skin preseuted to Perthshire Society of Natural Science, Perth. 



Shot by J. H. H. PIBIE at Station 189, 60 05' S., 32 10' W. 

 Skin and skull preserved. Additional weights and measurements : 

 anus to umbilicus, 22 inches ; large intestine up to caecum, 40 inches : 

 oecum, 5x3 incites; small intestine, 122 feet; thymus, 2 ozs.; spleen, 

 6 ozs.; pancreas, 6 ozs.; blubber, 1 to 1 J inches thick. Skin presented 

 to the Royal Scottish Museum. 



Shot by J. H. H. PIRIE at Station 283, 68 24' S., 32 3 31' W. This 

 was an old animal, and consequently may be regarded as being of 

 full size. Blubber, 147 Ibs. ; skin, 47 Ibs. Skin presented to the 

 Royal Scottish Museum. 



Killed near the ship in Scotia Bay. Skinned scarred. 



Killed by J. H. H. PIRIE off Point Davis, Scotia Bay. Skin very 

 beautifully marked, but not preserved. 



Skeleton secured. 



(ROY. soc. EDIN. TRANS., VOL. XLTX., 575.) 



