196 SPECIMENS OF PINNIPEDIA. 



and intermedium fused, ulnare, pisiform, four distal 



carpalia ; pentadactylous, diminishing in length from 



pollex to minimus. Pelvic bone 12h inches long, 



iliac crest in almost same plane as base of sacrum. 



Femur 6| inches long, tibia 134\t inches, fibula 



fused at upper end, 13| inches. Pes pentadactylous, 



hallux and minimus the longest ; the customary seven 



tarsal bones. Skull 15i inches long, over vertex 21^ 



inches ; zygomatic breadtli 1 1 inches, cranial between 



squamous sutures 7^ inches ; width of anterior nares 



3| inches, sagittal length 4| inches ; hard palate 7 



inches long, 4y^^ inches wide; mandible 10^ inches 



long. Teeth with relatively small crowns, no 



5 5 

 secondary cusps ; p.c. - -. Challenger Collection. 



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3. Skull and live Cervical Vertebrae of a large female (/) 



from Betsy Cove, Kerguelen. Basi-cranial joint 



nearly closed. Skull, length llf inches, over vertex 



16| inches ; breadth, z3^gomatic 8| inches, cranial 7 



inches ; width of anterior nares 2 inches, sagittal 



diameter 3^ inches; hard palate, length 5 inches, 



greatest width 3| inches. Mandible, length 7h inches. 



5 5 

 Crowns of teeth small, no secondary cusps ; p.c. ^ - . 



Vertebrae, atlas, axis, 3rd, 4th, and 5th, plates not 

 fused with bodies. Challenger Collection. 



4. Skull, adult, male. Length 19^ inches, over vertex 25 



inches; breadth, zygomatic 13| inches, cranial at 



squamous sutures 8| inches ; length of hard palate 



9f inches ; greatest width of anterior nares 4 inches. 



4 4 

 Mandible, length 13| inches. Dentition: p.c. -r t- 



Cranial crests as in No. 1. See Challenger Report, 

 in which, in error, the skull is said to have been 

 obtained in Heard Island. 

 Macquarrie Island. 



Donor — Dr J. Halliday Scott, Dunedin, N.Z. 



5. Skull of young female from which the brain had been 



removed {d in Challenger Report). Length in straight 

 line 11 inches, over vertex 14i inches. Breadth, 

 zygomatic 7^ inches, cranial 6| inches. Mandible 

 length 6| inches, of symphysis 2^ inches. Anterior 

 nares, sagittal diameter 2f inches, transverse If inch. 

 Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen, January 1874. 



Challenger Collection. 



