FIGURES. 93 



rus seu Morsus Norvegicus}.* This figure t represents an animal 

 standing half erect, resting against a rock, having four feet, 



FlG. 4. "Eosniarus seu Morsus Norvegicus. Olaus Magnus, 1568, p. 789." 



a long, thick, cylindrical tail, terminating abruptly in an irreg- 

 ular expansion, with a low dorsal spiny crest, and two rather 

 long porcine tusks projecting downward from about the middle 

 of the mouth. Another, | a prone figure, called Porcus mon- 



FIG. 5. "Porcus monstrosus Ooeani Germaniti. Olaus Magnus, 1568, p. 788." 



strosus Oceani Germanici, has a thick, short body, a fish-like 

 tail, and a swine's head, ears, and tusks; the latter placed 

 only in the lower jaw and directed upward. Behind the prom- 

 inent pointed ears are two horns. The body is covered with 

 heavy scales, among which are placed three eyes. The back is 

 crested with large, somewhat recurved, spines of irregular size, 

 and the feet are webbed and fin-like, especially the anterior. 

 Another, called Vacca marina, represents the head of an ox, 

 with a long beard on the chin. A fourth represents a dolphin- 

 like body, with four feet, a fish's tail, a pair of long, ascending, 



*My remarks respecting Olaus Magnus's figures are based on Gesuer's 

 (Hist. Animal. Aquat., 1558, pp. 247-249), and Gray's copies of them (Proc. 

 Zoul. Soc. Lond., 1853, p. 113), Olaus Magnus's work not being accessible to 

 me. The figures herewith given (Figs. 4-12) are from electros of Gray's 

 figures. 



t See Fig. 4, copied by Gray from Olaus Magnus. 



I See Fig. 5, copied by Gray from Olaus Magnus. 



