THE MANED SEA LION 
before eating it ; we certainly have noticed something of 
the kind among the numerous specimens that have been 
exhibited at the Zoological Gardens. Yet Audubon, who 
knew his beasts and especially his birds well, distinctly 
says that he never saw anything of the kind. Living as 
it does in a climate which varies greatly from summer to 
winter it is natural that the raccoon should hibernate. 
But apparently this habit is not universal in the race. 
For they have been seen at large in the winter, braving 
the extreme cold of North America. This being the 
case it is not surprising to learn that the hibernation is 
a very perfunctory affair as compared with the prepara- 
tions indulged in by some other mammals. The ’coon 
makes for itself no special home for the winter, but lies 
coiled up in the hollow trunk of a tree, or even upon 
the branches of the same. It is in fact mostly an 
arboreal creature, though it can swim and capture fish. 
It makes its home in trees and carries on its business 
elsewhere. This is one of the animals concerning which 
it can safely be said that there is sure to be at least a 
single specimen on view at the Zoo, and probably of 
both the ““ common ”’ and the “ crab-eating ”’ species. 
THE PATAGONIAN AND OTHER SEA LIONS 
The Patagonian sea lion, Otaria jubata, is, as its name 
suggests, a native of the sea coasts of the extreme south 
of the American continent, and of certain adjacent groups 
of islands. The term sea “lion,’’ and the scientific 
name of the species “‘ jubata,”’ mark a distinctive char- 
acter of this species, which is the possession of a name 
not visible in the animal unless its fur has got dry 
through basking in the sun. To the several other 
species of “‘ otaries’’ (for example the Cape otary which 
is figured herewith), the name sea bear is given, a name 
which has distinct merits in that it is perhaps to the 
bear tribe among the fissipede carnivora that the Pinni- 
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