. The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America, described and illustrated; together with an account of the American whale-fishery. l in its proportions may be regarded as under-sized. Itnever exceeds six feet in length ; and its thick body, with its short limbs, givesthe animal a bloated appearance, which seems ill adapted to much activity. Itshead is short, broad, and rounded ; the eyes are large, full, and expressive, with fivecoarse, bristle-like hairs placed on a curve one inch above the edge of the upperlid, which constitute the eyebrows. It has thirty to thirty-five whi
. The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America, described and illustrated; together with an account of the American whale-fishery. l in its proportions may be regarded as under-sized. Itnever exceeds six feet in length ; and its thick body, with its short limbs, givesthe animal a bloated appearance, which seems ill adapted to much activity. Itshead is short, broad, and rounded ; the eyes are large, full, and expressive, with fivecoarse, bristle-like hairs placed on a curve one inch above the edge of the upperlid, which constitute the eyebrows. It has thirty to thirty-five whiskers on each * W. H. Dall, who has had considerable op- but, whether such is the fact or not, we will portunity to observe upon these seals, is under state that, so far as our observation has extend- the impression that several sj)ecies of them exist ed, the habits of these seals, both north and upon this coast, in which opinion we concur; south, are the same. 164 V* I ! II ? which i Plate 221. ^ ? J7T i^; i. « VmS oWfii W/fiW .?;,-Mfl m. -: -., -??-? -i*i*k/~* -4 * W- C. M. Scammon . del. LEOPARD SEAL.(Phoca Pealn el P * ^ / ?fltti, From Woi/ . SEA- OTTER .[ Eneydra Fleming THE LEOPARD SEAL. 165 side of the face, which protect or screen the mouth. The ears are merely openingsin the surface of the skin, which are placed one and a half inches behind the side and posterior flippers are covered with the same thick short hair as thebody, and each one is furnished with five sharp, slender claws, those on the pecto-rals being the longest, the principal of which measure one linear inch. The poste-rior flippers, when relaxed, may be three and a half inches in breadth, but arecapable of expansion to ten. Two orifices in lieu of teats, placed two and a halfinches apart, are situated on the lower portion of the belly, and nine inches for-ward from the origin of the tail. The tail is about three inches long, and is thickand fleshy. The color of the animal v
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