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lived for a time in the Zoological Garden, and which was figured by 

 Dr. Sclater as O. Hoolceri* he says is identical with the O.jubuta, — 

 an opinion subsequently shared by Dr. Sclater himself, t 



A few weeks later Dr. Gray published another p«per, on the Ota- 

 riadce, entitled "Observations on the Fur Seals of the Antarctic Seas 

 and the Cape of Good Hope, with Description of a ne\f Species"; J 

 he having in the mean time received additional material. In this 

 paper he remarks still further concerning the complicated synonomy 

 of the Falkland Island fur seals, and respecting the habitat of the 

 specimens of Weddell, described by Mr. R. Hamilton, § and the dif- 

 ferences between these species and his A. cinereus of Australia and 

 the fur seals of the Cape of Good Hope. He also describes what he 

 regards as a new species, from two skins from the Cape of Good Hope, 

 which species he calls Arctocephalus nivosus. These skins differ from 

 those of his A. Delalandii, he says, in being so nearly destitute of 

 under-fur, except just on the crown of the head, that he was convinced 

 they could not be dressed as fur seals. || 



In "The [Cambridge, Eng.] Journal of Anatomy and Physiology " 

 for November, 1868,1" Dr. McBain describes an imperfect skull of a 

 female Otaria jubata from the Chincha Islands, which he calls "(9. Ul- 

 loce?" suggesting for it, however, the name 0. Graii, in case it should 

 prove to be new. In the same number of this journal Professor 

 Turner** describes, as that of a new species (Arctocephalus schisthy- 

 joeroes ft )< a skull with a peculiar conformation of the palatine bones, 

 from Desolation Island, which Dr. Gray examined later and referred 

 to his Euotaria nigrescens. 



In the Monatsbericht of the Berlin Academy for March of the same 



* Proc. Loud. Zobl Soc, 1866, p. 80. 



t Ibid., 1868, p. 190, loot-note, March, 1868. 



J Ann and Mag. Nat, Hist, 4th Series, Vol. I, pp. 215-210, March, 1868. 



4 Ibid., Vol II, p. 81, PI. iv. 1838. 



|| In this paper Gray repeat- a misstatement made by him in his last paper preceding 

 this, viz. that the Eumetopias Stelleri, a true hair seal, is one of the few eared seals that 

 "have a close, soft, elastic fur." See further remarks on this point beyond under E. 

 Stelleri. 



\ Vol. Ill, p. 109-112. 



i ■• [bid., p. 113-117. 



ft In the •• Zoological Record" for 1863 Dr. Gunfher changes this name to scMsluperus. 

 McBain's "0. Ulloce'i" he regards us a new species, for which he proposes the name 

 of Arctocephalus Graii. 



