PHOCA. 443 



where the general color is blackish; beneath pale ochraceous varied 

 with paler streaks and blotched with dusky, the spots blacker and 

 more distinct on the throat and sides of neck ; sides paler and heavily- 

 blotched with blackish. 



Measurements. None given. 



b. Phoca richardi geroniniensis Allen. 



Phoca richardii geronimensis Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 N. Y., 1902, p. 495. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 542, fig. Lxxviii (P. richardi), 

 pis. Liv, LV (P. r. geronimensis). Zool. Ser. 

 San Geronimo Harbor Seal. 



Type locality. San Geronimo Island, Lower California, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. San Geronimo Island to Santa Barbara Island, 

 Santa Barbara County, California. Range unknown in North Pacific 

 Ocean. 



1067. Phoca stejnegeri Allen. 



Phoca stejnegeri Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1902, 

 p. 485. 

 Stejneger's Harbor Seal. 



Type locality. Shores of Bering Island. 



Geogr. Distr. Bering Sea and shores of Kamschatka. 



Genl. Char. Similar to P. vitulina, but larger. A deep groove 

 for the maxillary nerve runs from the infraorbital foramen to a point 

 opposite the middle of upper premolar third. 



Color. Light phase. AboVe deep straw yellow spotted with 

 black, beneath deeper yellow and more sparsely spotted. Whiskers 

 yellowish brown, nails brownish black. 



Dark phase. Ground color deep yellow, but the black spots occupy 

 four-fifths of dorsal surface, and over one-half of the ventral surface, 

 beneath the spots on the median half of the dorsal region are irregular 

 spots or bands of same color. Dark patches on limbs. 



Measurements. Nose to end of tail, 1,545; to end of hind flipper, 

 1,760; tail, 140; hind foot, 335. 



Subgenus D. Pusa. 



1068. Phoca hispida Schreber. 



Phoca hispida Schreb., Saugth., in,. 1776, p. 312, pi. lxxxvi. 



Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 364. 



Zool. Ser. 

 Phoca fcetida Fabr., MuUer's Zool. Dan. Prod., viii, 1776. 

 Phoca annellata Nilss., Skand. Faun., i, 1820, p. 362. 



