Flaps of the hinder toes elongate, unequal, of the outer 

 toes on each side longest : canines moderate. Pale yel- 

 lowish. 



Inhab. Falkland Islands and Cape Horn. 



The Eared Seal, Pennant, Quad. 278: Phoca flavescens, 

 Sfiaw, Zool. i. 260, /. 73 : Otaria flavescens, Desm. Mam. 

 252 : 22 inches long, may be a young specimen of this spe- 

 cies, but it is not stated if this seal has under fur or not. 

 The young of O. Forsteri of the size mentioned is blackish. 



1.3. Otahia, Peron. Platyrhynchus, F. Cuv. 



Muzzle broad, high in front ; forehead rather convex, oc- 

 ciput high: cutting teeth 4, the upper outer ones very large, 

 like canines; grinders (of the adults) with very large roots 

 and small, compressed, lobed crowns: palate bone rather 

 wider behind than in front, long, extending nearly to the 

 articulation of the lower jaw behind; lower jaw broad, di- 

 lated below in front and behind at the angles. 



Otaria Stelleri, Lesson, D. C. H. N. xiii. 420. J. Muller, 

 l'T^ei(/ni. Arch. vii. 330, 333. Leo marinus, Steller, Nov. 

 Comn. Petrop. ii. 360. Phoca jubata, Gmel. S. N. i. 63, 

 part. Otaria jubata, Peron et Lesiieiir, Voy. Phoca Stel- 



leri, Fischer, Syn. 231. Otaria Califomiana, Lesson, D. C. 

 H. N. xiii. 420, from Chloris Voy. Pict. t. 11. 

 Inhab. Northern Pacific Ocean. 



Otaria Leonina, Peron et Lesueur, Voy. ii. 65. Phoca 

 Leonina, Molini Say. 281, 341, not Schreb. nor Blainv. 

 P. jubata, Dlainr. Ostcoy. Phoca, t. 5 and t. 9. P. juba- 

 ta, part, G>nel. S. N. i. 63. Otaria jubata, part, Desm. O. 

 Pernettii, L^esson. O. Forsteri, lesson. Phoca Byronii, 

 Desm. P. Scout, Bodd. Leonine Seal, Shaw. Platy- 

 rhynchus (leoninus), F. Cuv. Mem. Mas. xi. 208, t. 15, f. 

 2, adult skull. Otaria Platyrhynchus, Muller, Weiymann, 

 Arch. vii. 333. O. Molossina, Lesson, Voy. 109, t. (young) 

 Phoca Molossina, Lesson, Bull. Sci. N. viii. 96. Lesson 

 Oltary, Hamilton, Nat. Lib. t. 24, from Lesson. Platy- 

 rhynchus Molossina, Lesson, Man. 203. P. Uraniae, Les- 

 son, Man. 204 ? Otaria Guerin, Quoy et Gaim. Zool. 

 Uran. 71 ? Sea Lion of Forster, Hamilton, Nat. Lib. t. 

 18. Sea Lion of Pernetty, Hamilton, Nat. Lib. t. 19, from 

 Edinb. Mus. Sea Bear of the British Museum, Hamilton, 

 Nat. Lib. t. 23 ? 



Inhab. Southern Pacific Ocean. Patagonia. 



The upper jaw elongate and dilate with age. 



II. — DESCRIPTION OF THE SEALS OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. 



LOBODON. 



Phoca, part, Homb. et J acq. 

 Leptorhynchus, part, Owen. 



Head elongate ; ear-conch none exteraally ; muzzle 

 broad ; nostrils ovate, hairy to the edge ; whiskers rigid, 

 tapering, waved ; skull elongate, rather depressed ; muz- 

 zle broad, rather produced : orbits moderate : the petrose 

 portion of the temporal bone very convex, nearly hemi- 

 spherical. 



Cutting teeth ^, the upper middle ones moderate, with a 

 smaller rather compressed crown, the two others large, 

 conical, like the canines ; the lower pair small, the two mid- 

 dle ones subcylindrical, rather internal, projecting forwards 

 and rounded at the end, the outer ones rather larger, blunt ; 

 canines 4-1-, conical, curved, small, the upper largest; grind- 

 ers 44) ^viih large swollen roots, the crown triangular, sub- 

 trigonal, lobed, lobes rather recurved at the tip, the larger 

 lobe with one, or sometimes a second, small lobe in front, 

 and with three lobes behind; the 1st upper one smaller, with 

 a single large root, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th nearly equal and 

 the 5th smaller and more compressed, the 2nd and 3rd 

 have the root only divided at the base, the 4th and 5th 

 have them divided nearly to the crown, and diverging ; the 

 first under is smallest and single-rooted, the rest are all 

 similar, 2-rooted, the 3rd being the largest and the 5th 

 most comjiressed in the crown; the symphysis of the low- 

 er jaw is very long. 



The teeth of the younger animals have a rather broader 

 crown, with rather shorter tubercles, a rugose surface with 

 some smaller tubercles on the inner side, near the base of 

 the hinder lobes, but separated from them bj' a groove. 



Body tapering behind. The fore limljs moderate, rather 

 elongate, triangular, hairy above and below: toes 5, taper- 



ing, with a narrow, thick, hairy web between them; claws 

 5, elongate, acute, subequal : the hind limbs large, broad, 

 triangular, hairy above and below, the outer toes on each 

 side of the foot very large, broad, rounded at the end, 

 the three middle ones smaller, narrow, tapering, with a 

 thick haiiy web between them, the central one smaller 

 and shorter, all clawless : tail short, conical, depressed. 



Fur close-set, rather rigid, directed backwards, soft at 

 the end ; the hairs flat at the base, tapering to a fine point, 

 without any under fur at the roots. 



Inhab. Antarctic Ocean. 



The Ckab-eater Seal. Lobodon carcinophaga. 

 Plate 1, animal ; plate 2, skull. 



Phoca carcinophaga, Homb. et Jacq. Voy. a Pole Sud, t. 

 10 and t. 10 a, (not described). 



Leptorhynchus serridens, Owen, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1843, 

 .331. 



Head, back, hind feet and upper part of the tail pale olive; 

 fore feet, side of the face, body and tail beneath yellowish 

 white, the hinder part of sides of the body, the base of the 

 hind fins yellow-spotted, spots unequal, oilen confluent : 

 whiskers white, the upper one smaller, dusky. 



Inhab. Antarctic Ocean, on the packed ice. 



This species has been figured by MM. Hombron and 

 Jacquinot in the French Voyage to the South Pole, though 1 

 believe, not yet described, but the skull is so characteris- 

 tic that there can be no excuse lor not using their specific 

 name because the description has not appeared, Thej' 

 represent it of a nearly uniform olive colour. 



Dr. M'Cormick, the surgeon of H. M. S. Ten-or, having 

 sent a skeleton of this Seal to the College of Surgeons, 

 Mr. Owen gave a description of it in the 'Annals of Na- 



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