. Zoological Society bulletin . mmata or spaces, are sufficientto crush the flesh of the fish and reduce it to apulpy condition before it is swallowed. The age of these specimens is uncertain, asthe published accounts of the breeding seasonvary greatly. Captain Seaman states ( Nat. Sei., Philadelphia, 1869), that onSanta Barbara Island in June, 1853, we foundseveral cows and their young, the latter only afew days old, but Townsend reports ( S. Nat. Mus., 1885, P. 93) that the youngthat we met with in 1883-4 were dropped atvarious times from November 1 to February ag
. Zoological Society bulletin . mmata or spaces, are sufficientto crush the flesh of the fish and reduce it to apulpy condition before it is swallowed. The age of these specimens is uncertain, asthe published accounts of the breeding seasonvary greatly. Captain Seaman states ( Nat. Sei., Philadelphia, 1869), that onSanta Barbara Island in June, 1853, we foundseveral cows and their young, the latter only afew days old, but Townsend reports ( S. Nat. Mus., 1885, P. 93) that the youngthat we met with in 1883-4 were dropped atvarious times from November 1 to February agree, however, that the young at birthare about four feet long, and as none of ourspecimens are over five feet in length they canscarcely be more than a few months old at themost. They show considerable discrepancy insize, ranging in weight, on arrival at the Aquar-ium, from 167 to 301 pounds. In form they arevery stout and clumsy looking, but, notwith-standing this, they are extremely sinuous in ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 761. IN THE AQUARIUM POOL THEIR MOVEMENTS APPEAR CLUMSY, BUT THEY ARE POWERFUL SWIMMERS. their movements, and the body can be bent morethan double in any direction, owing to the greatflexibility of the spinal column. The elephant seal takes its name from thefact that the adult male possesses an elongatedproboscis which attains a length equal to theremainder of the head. This snout is somewhatprotrusible, but when not elongated hangs in apendulous fashion over the mouth. The femaleand young do not possess the proboscis. In theyoung males at the Aquarium it is just begin-ning to develop and can be protruded only acouple of inches. The adult male is said to emit a deep roarwhich can be heard for miles and the femalesand young males to bellow like bulls. Ouryoung specimens, however, have very high-pitched voices, so that their notes often ap-proach a whistle. In swimming, the fore flippers which arcsmall, appear to be of little use except in bal-ancing. The hind
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