THE SEA LION. 129 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. 



Prom tip of nose to pectorals 5 2 1 1 9 



Length of pectorals 2 6 1 4 1 3 



Breadth of pectorals 1 4 6 4^ 



Distance between extremities of pectorals 10 



From tip of nose to eye 3J 3^^ 



From tip of nose to ear 8 7 



Length of ear 1* IJ 1 



Girth of body at root of posterior flippers 1 6 11^ 



From tip of nose to root of tail 3 10^ 



From tip of nose to comer of mouth 4* 3 J 



From end of lower jaw to corner of mouth 3 2J 



Length of tail 7 2 2^ 



Length of longest whiskers 1 6 6 5J 



Length of longest claws on posterior flippers 1 J 



Breadth of longest claws on posterior flippers 0§ 



From root of tail to genital slit 1 2 6 



From root of tail to hind teats 1 2 



From root of tail to forward teats 1 10 



Distance between the two hind teats across the belly 5 



Distance between the two forward teats across the belly 8 



Thickness of blubber 1 Of Oi 



Number of whiskers on each side of the face: No. 1, thirty- one; No. 2, thir- 

 ty-five; No. 3, thirty-six and thirty-five. 



Three other males were measured at the same time of the first example, which 

 varied but little in their proportions. The number of claws on posterior flippers 

 of No. 1 were five, three of which were rudimentary. In the adult female example, 

 (No. 2) the blubber was half an inch thick on the back, and one inch on the 

 belly. 



The following are the measurements, etc. (in feet and inches), of a female Sea 

 Lion (No. 1), supposed to be a yearling, taken at Santa Barbara Island; and of 

 a new-born female Sea Lion pup, (No. 2), taken at the same island. May 3d, 1873: 



No. 1. No. 2. 



Length of animal from tip of nose to tip of posterior flippers 4 10 2 4 



Length of posterior flippers OH 5^ 



From tip of nose to root of tail 3 10^ 1 11 



Length of tail 2^ IJ 



From tip of nose to pectorals 2 10^ 



Length of pectorals •'■ ■^a ^ ' 



Breadth of pectorals ^ ^ ^ 



Girth of body behind pectorals 2 7 1 3 



Girth of body at junction with posterior flippers 1 1 6| 



Mabine Mammals. — 17. 



