180 SPECIMENS OF PINNIPEDIA. 



CyD^5L5S^CdjQ = 41. Post-canines or molars set 

 obliquely, cuspidate, no- diastema. Skull relatively 

 large, nose broad, body short, limbs short. Sub- 

 condyloid process of mandible short, inverted, distinct 

 from tubercle at angle. Hard palate scooped at 

 posterior border. Basi-occipital with mesial hole. 

 Interorbital compression well marked. 



1. Specimen, stuffed, caught in the Firth of Forth, 1886. 



Colour grey on back and sides, thickly studded with 

 black and dark brown spots ; belly greyish yellow 

 with the dark spots much more scattered ; bristles 

 whitish ; manus, pes, and tail with dark spots diifused. 

 Length to tip of tail 5 feet 2 inches, to tip of pes 

 5 feet 6| inches. Length of pectoral limb from axilla 

 to tip 5| inches, of hind limb 8 inches, of tail 3J 

 inches. Girth behind pectoral limbs 3 feet 8 inches. 

 Muzzle 4<^ inches broad. A few bristles above upper 

 eyelid. 



2. Skeleton, young, with milk dentition. Length to tip 



of tail 2 feet 5 inches. Vertebr<TB forty-one in number. 

 Fifteen pairs of ribs. Sternum with ten segments. 



3. Skeleton, young, bones of, not articulated ; ossification 



very incomplete. Skull, length 6 inches, over vertex 



8i inches ; zygomatic breadth 3| inches ; cranial 



3 1 inches. Hard palate scooped out, not reaching 



hamulars, shallow. Tympanic bulla large ; post- 



5 5 

 canines - ^ , usually three cusps, occasionally four 



cusps. Mandible 3f inches long. Turner Collection. 



4. Skeleton, young, bones of, not articulated ; ossification 



incomplete. Skull, length 6 inches, over vertex 8| 

 inches ; zygomatic breadth 3J inches, cranial 3f 

 inches. Length of mandible 3| inches. 



5. Skull, aged. Length 8| inches, over vertex lOi inches ; 



zygomatic breadth 5 inches, cranial 3| inches. Hard 

 palate deeply scooped, not reaching hamulars, slightly 

 concave. Tympanic bullae large. Orbital border in- 

 complete. Teeth cuspidate and worn. Mandible 5| 

 inches; subcondylar process a vertical ridge. 



Donor — Dr A. Fleming. 



0. Skeleton, adult, not articulated. Skull, length 7f inches, 

 over vertex 10| inches ; zygomatic breadth 4§ inches ; 



