MEASUREMENTS AND WEIGHTS OF ANTARCTIC SEALS, 

 the Weddell Seal) — continued. 



573 



Weight. 



Total. 



lib. 

 1838 



83 



84 



61 



)20 



171 



08 



57 



? 



Liver. 



lb. oz. 



Kidneys. 



Right. 



lb. oz. 



Left. 



lb. oz. 



Lungs. 



Right. 



lb. oz. 



Left. 



lb. oz. 



Heart. 



lb. oz. 



General Remarks. 



Killed off Point Davis, Scotia Bay. Mother of No. XIX. Ad- 

 ditional weights : blubber, 250 lbs. ; skin, including skull and flippers, 

 228 lbs. Carcase, less head and flippers, 340 lbs. ; estimated weight 

 of blood lost, 20 lbs. Skin presented to Peterhead Museum. 1 



Killed with potassium cyanide. About two days old. Skeleton 

 preserved. Skin presented to Natural History Museum, Marischal 

 College, University of Aberdeen. 



Stabbed. Two or three days old. Carcase preserved. Additional 

 weights: 74 lbs., and estimated blood lost, 10 lbs. The mother 

 attempted to kill this animal, and would probably have done so had 

 she not been prevented. 



Captured alive in Scotia Bay. Probably twelve days old. This 

 animal was kept on board for ten days, and was fed by bottle with 

 condensed milk. It died of convulsions. 



Stabbed by J. FiTCHiE off Point Martin, Scotia Bay. About 20 lbs. 

 for loss of blood in cutting up and stabbing should be allowed, making 

 the total weight nearer 940 lbs. No young with it, and no embryo 

 within. Skin presented to the Glasgow Corporation Art Galleries and 

 Museum. Skeleton at Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory. 



Killed with potassium cyanide and hydrochloric acid on 22nd 

 September. One day old. Taken from mother 21st September. 

 Carcase preserved and skull partially severed to inject brain with 

 formalin. Skin presented to the Royal Scottish Museum. 



Stabbed by J. MacDougall off the Point Martin, Scotia Bay. 

 Mother of No. XXVII. Young captured and taken on board alive 

 at same time. Skin preserved. 



Two to three weeks old (nine days spent on board). It died on 

 3rd October. The mother was No. XXVI. Presented to Coats 

 Museum, Paisley. 



Killed by J. H. H. Pirie while at camp off Graptolite Island, South 

 Orkneys. Skull only preserved. 



Killed by R. Davidson off Delta Island (near Point Rae), Scotia 

 Bay. Skin presented to Coats Museum, Paisley. 



Killed by R. Davidson off Delta Island (near Point Rae), Scotia 

 Bay. Skeleton preserved. Lower jaw fractured. 



Shot by R. Davidson. A young cub was with this seal and was 

 brought on board alive. Skin presented to Municipal Museum of 

 Dundee. 



Six to eight weeks old. Shot by J. H. H. Pirie in Jessie Bay. This 

 young seal was- quite alone. The skin was handsomely marked but 

 was spoilt by giant petrels, and the skeleton by dogs. 



