548 CONCLUSIONS. 
which resemble four gilis (read gillsplits), or pouches of loose skin. 
Compare for a moment the left foreflapper with the flappers of a 
Fig. 75. — Zalophus californianus (Lrss.) ALLEN. —?— Drawn by W. P. from a living 
specimen in the Brighton Aquarium. — From the Illustrated London News of Jan. 6. 1877. 
sea-serpent, drawn in figg. 386, 45, and 50. The skin is smooth 
and shining, though when dry it is hairy and dull. , 
Fig. 76 is a drawing of Humetojnas Steller’ (Lesson) PrErmErs, 
also a sea-lion. This genus is characterized by its considerably 
vaulted fore head (ew = well developed , mefopion — forehead). The 
skin shows numerous folds or wrinkles, on the throat a fold again 
forms a distinctly visible “gill”. — The form of the foreflappers 
resemble those of a turtle. The neck is in comparison with that 
of seals much longer and as it is not extended as much as pos- 
sible, it is thicker than the head. The skin is smooth, being wet. 
Fig. 77 represents the same species. Here the animal swims 
with vertical undulations. | 
Fig. 78 represents the same species with its neck totally con- 
tracted so that several wrinkles encircle it, resembling “kinds of 
scrolls, or tufts of loose skin’, and it seems as if the animal has 4 
no neck at all. 
Fig. 79 shows us the same species standing nearly upright in ; 
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