190 SPECIMENS OF PINNIPEDIA. 



subconclylar process distinct from angle, coronoid 

 broadly triangular. Teeth with large, conical cusp, 

 without supplementary cusps, except in young 

 skulls. 



1. Skeleton, male, not fully adult, articulated, with hyoid 



apparatus. Length 6 feet 4 inches. Vertebral 

 formula C^D^^LgS^Cd^^ = 43. Sternum, including ter- 

 minal cartilages, 23 inches long, nine bony segments. 

 Skull, length in straight line 101 inches ; breadth, 

 zygomatic 6h inches, cranial 4 inches. Humerus 7 

 inches, supracondyloid foramen ; radius 5| inches, 

 ulna 7f inches, olecranon broad, long. Carpus 

 radiale-intermedium, ulnare, pisiform, four distal 

 carpalia. Pelvic bone, length lOi inches, iliac crest 

 much everted. Femur, length 4| inches ; tibia lOi 

 inches; fibula 10 inches, fused at upper end. Hallux 

 and 5th toe the longest, seven tarsalia. 

 Golspie, Sutherland. Donor — Rev. Dr Joass. 



2. Skeleton, female, disarticulated, imperfect, face much 



injured. Skull, length 10 inches ; breadth, zygomatic 

 (3 inches, cranial 4^ inches. Mandible 6| inches; sub- 

 condyloid process not inverted nor continuous with 

 angle. Caught at Tents Muir, St Andrews Bay, 

 1870. Turner Collection. 



3. Skull, adult. Length 11^, inches, over vertex 14| inches; 



breadth, zygomatic 7f inches, cranial 4f inches. 

 Mandible, length 8 inches ; sagittal, occipital, and 

 squamous ridges. Anterior nares, greatest width 2| 

 inches, sagittal diameter 4i inches. 

 Shetland. Donor — Dr Chas. Anderson. 



4. Skull, adult. Length 10 inches, over vertex 13| inches ; 



breadth, zygomatic 6| inches, cranial 4^ inches. 

 Mandible 6^ inches ; cranial ridges present. Teeth 

 large and much worn. Anterior nares, width 2 inches, 

 sagittal diameter 3 inches. 

 Golspie Donor — Rev. Dr Joass. 



5. Skull, adult. Length 11 inches, over vertex 14^ inches; 



breadth, zygomatic 7^ inches, cranial 4| inches. 

 Mandible 7f inches; sagittal and occipital ridges, 

 squamous not marked. Teeth loose, fangs bulbous; 

 crowns of canines pointed, post-canines minutely 

 cuspidated, laterally compressed. Anterior nares, 

 greatest width 2| inches, sagittal diameter 4^ inches. 

 From Harris, 1862. Donor — Mr Sharban. 



