4(5 DE. J. MUEIE ON THE MAXATEB. 



PLATE VI. 



Biiferent Aspects of the Head, Muzzle, and Tail of the Manatee alive and dead. 

 The figures are mostly about \ natural size. 



Fig. 1. Head of Manatee in profile, sketched when alive, and to be compared with 



figs. 7 and 8 of drawings when dead. 

 Fig. 2. A three-quarter view of head, showing muzzle under one kind of contraction. 

 Fi". 3. Profile of head, with mouth slightly open, wherein the muzzle is still contracted 

 but much upraised. 

 A front and foreshortened view of the muzzle when contracted as in fig. 3, the 



parts being so withdrawn as to expose the upper jaw-pad {up). 

 Part of the muzzle and open nostril as seen in one instance of its breathing. 

 A foreshortened aspect of the muzzle, showing the manner of apposition of the 



bristle-clad portions of upper lip, as seen, however, in the dead creature. 

 Head and shoulders of Manatee in side view, sketched from the animal as it 

 lay on the table when dead. (Compare flaccidity of muzzle with that of the 

 living creature, fig. 1.) 

 The same as fig. 7, with the lower jaw relaxed as the head was pulled over the 



edge of the table. 

 A sketch from in front of head of the dead animal, and showing the great re- 

 laxation downwards of the upper lip. 

 Another view of the flaccid muzzle, from in front, the upper Up presenting a 



median fold beneath the dilated nostrils. 

 A view of the mouth taken when dead, the muzzle being forcibly dragged back 

 so as to expose the upper and lower jaw-pads [up, Ip) &c. In this case the 

 circumscribed bristle-clad portions (be) of the upper lip have a tendency to 

 become prominent and turn inwards. 

 Fig. 12. Sketch of tail, side view taken when in the act of swimming, and showing 

 undulations. 



PLATE VII. 



Manatee feeding, and Views of Dorsum, Mamma, and Perineum. 



Fig. 1. Manner in which a lettuce was grasped, and the muzzle and lips used in the 

 act of feeding. From a sketch of the creature in the tank when alive. 



Fig. 2. Outline of the carcass from above as it lay extended on the table ; and for dif- 

 ference in contour and figure generally, compare with a similar figui'e given 

 in my former memoir on the Manatee, ' Trans. Zool. Soc' vol. viii. pi. xviii. 

 fig. 3. 



