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PHOCA MIROITNGA ARCTOCEPHALUS. 205
In the oriqrinal description, owing to the confusion caused by the double entry
of one specimt-n in two different divisions of the Museum, Dr. J. A. Allen does
not seem to have been aware that this skin, 83223, is the same individual as skull
and skeleton 49550.
Phoca stejnegeri Allen.
Bull. Amer. .Mns. Nat. Hist., XVI, p. 485, figs. 7, 8, and 10, December 12,1902.
21310. Skull only. Adult nialo. Berin.o- Island. April 16, 1883.
Collet-tod l)y Dr. L. Stejueger. Orig-inul number l'J73. Cata-
logued Jul\'lT. 1S,S4.
Skull perfect, except for loss ^. Cata-
logued October 18, 1863. Skidl has the following legend on it
in old. nearly faded writing: " Macrorhinu.s |
mew Bay L. Califoinia Sea Elephant | \ |
Ayre A " and number 4704.
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* * * Barthole
* * po.sited Dr.
Skull fterfect except loss of the five right maxillary teeth, last three left maxillary
teeth, inner upper right incisor, right lower canine, and three mandibular
cheek teeth, left lower inner incisor and last mandibular cheek tooth.
Type not de.^ignateil by imml)er. There is but one specimen in the Museum
answering to the locality anrl dimensions published by Dr. T. N. Gill, and that
is the above, No. 4704. The type skull is figured by Allen (Hist. North Amer.
Pinnipeds, 1880, figs. 57, 58, 59, 60, on pp. 744 to 747). Some of the teeth were
lucking at that date. On page 748, footnote to table. No. 4704 is said to be the
ty[)e of the .species.
Family OTAKIID.T:.
Genus ARCTOCEPHALUS.
Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam.
Proc. P.iol. Soc. Wash., XI, j.. 178, .luly 1, 1897.
83617. Skull. Adubmale. Picked up on the beach on the we.^t .side
of Guadelupe Island, Lower California. May 22, 1892. Collected
by C. II. Townsend. Catalogued June 15, 1897.
Skull is an old weatherworn specimen, without teeth and with no lower jaw.
On the whole, it is in good condition for such a specimen. The only .'^erious
damage to the skull is a large hole in the brain case, superoposteriorly.