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Habit. This seal, according to Crantzius (hist 

 gen. des. voy. t. 19, p. 61.) is very abundant in 

 the straits of Davis ; making two voyages thence 

 annually, and remaining there from the month of 

 September to the month of March ; it then seeks 

 the shore to bring forth, and returns with its 

 young in the month of June, very thin and ema- 

 ciated. It departs a second time in July, to go 

 further north, where it probably meets with more 

 abundant nourishment, for it returns in the month 

 of September very fat. Fabricius assures us that 

 they copulate standing. 



Inhabit Greenland during the months of April, 

 May and June; the Atlantic coast of North 

 America. 



An individual of this species was lately captured 

 in Long Island Sound, fourteen miles from New 

 York ; for a particular and interesting description 

 of which, including its anatomy, vid. annals of 

 the New York Lyceum, vol, 1, p. 384, by J. E. 

 Dekay, M. D. 



Species. 



"1. Phoca vitulina^ Linn. (Encycl. pi. 109, fig. 

 4.) Phoqiie cominun, Buff. tom. 13. pi. 45. Sab. 

 Sea dog, Sea wolf, Sea calf of travellers and 

 sailors. 



F. Cuvier, obs. Zool. sur les faculties, intellect 

 du Phoque commim, Ann. du mus. t. 17, p. 337. 



Char. Essent. Six superior incisors ; four in- 



