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tip, ridged within, those of the upper jaw largest, tlie two 

 central in each jaw smaller; canines 4-r> rather small, co- 

 nical, curved, rather compressed, with a sharp internal 

 keel : grinders 4t) small, longitudinal, rather far apart, 

 compressed, with a subcentral, rather large, broad, slightly 

 incurved, lobe ; ha\ing a very small lobelet on the inner side 

 of its front, and a larger conical one in the middle of its 

 hinder edge ; the front grinder of each jaw is smaller and 

 thicker, with a single conical root, the rest all with two di- 

 verging roots to the crown : lower jaw rather slender, with 

 a short symphysis in front, and rather narrow, with a thick 

 rounded edge in the hinder part of the lower edge in the 

 place of the angle. 



Fore feet moderate, elongate, triangular, hairy above and 

 below ; toes 5-5, tapering, subequal, separated by a thick, 

 narrow, hairy web ; claws 2 or 3, very small, rudimentary, 

 homy, acute: hind feet large, broad-triangular, hairy above 

 and below ; the outer toes on each side of the foot very 

 large, broad, rounded at the end, the middle ones small, 

 narrow, tapering, with a thick, hairy web between them ; 

 the central one smaller and shortest ; all clawless : tail 

 short, conical. 



Fur very close set, rather rigid. 



Inhab. Antarctic Ocean. 



Ross's Large-eyed Seal. Oramatophoca Rossii. 



Plate 7, animal ; plate 8, skull and teeth. 



Greenish yellow, with close, oblique, yellow stiipes on 

 the side, pale beneath. 

 Inhab. Antarctic Ocean. 



There is a skin with its skull, and a separate skull, which 

 appears to belong to this species, in tbe collection brought 

 home by the Antarctic Expedition. 



The skulls differ considerably from one another in the 

 form of the palate and in the teeth; but it is probable that 

 the teeth of the skull belonging to the skin (plate 8, f. 1, 2 

 and 4), is a malformation. 



In the separate skull (pi. 8, f. .3 and 6), the first upper 

 and lower grinder has a single large subcylindrical root, 

 tapering to a point beneath, iind each of the other grinders 

 has two conical separate roots diverging nearly from the col- 

 lar. The palate is broad and rather truncated behind, 

 and the transverse suture between the two bones in the 

 palate is rather more than two-thirds the distance from the 

 inner edge of the cutting teeth. 



In the other skull (pi. 8, f. 1,2 and 4), the first and se- 

 cond grinder of the upper jaws are small, with a single co- 

 nical root ; and on the right side both these teeth are 

 united together in one cavity : and as there are four other 

 grinders in each side, it would appear as if there were front 

 grinders of two sets. The third, fourth, fifth and sixth of 

 the same jaw have a compressed, single, tapering root, 

 with a deep central groove nearly dividing it into two parts, 

 the groove being deepest and most distinguishable on their 

 outer side. In the lower jaws the front grinder has a dou- 

 ble crown, with a thick single root, tapering below, as if 

 formed of two teeth united together by their roots. The 

 second and third grinders ha\ e a broad, compressed, sin- 

 gle root, divided by a rather deep, central, longitudinal 

 groove on each side, and the fourth and fifth grinders each 



have two tapering, nearly parallel roots, well separated at 

 the base fi-om each other. In this skull the palate is 

 rounded behind, and the suture between the two bones is 

 much more nearly in its centre. I do not recollect to have 

 observed such a malformation, or soldering together of the 

 roots of the teeth, in any other beast. 



MoRUNGA, Gray. 



Macrorhinus, F. Cuv. 



Cystophora, part, Nihson. 



The head broad, short, truncated in front, with a tuft of 

 bristles over each eye, and one on each side of the middle 

 of the muzzle ; the upper lip longer than the lower ; the 

 forehead convex ; the nostrils of the male " are wrinkled, 

 and can be blown up into a crest" (Fors/er), "with an 

 elongate tubular proboscis," {Peron) ; of the female simple, 

 rounded, with a hairy muffle between and around the edge 

 of the nostrils. 



Cutting teeth |, far apart, conical, the two middle up- 

 per smaller, the rest nearly equal ; the grinders with large, 

 swollen, subcylindrical roots, and a small, compressed, 

 simple, plaited crown ; the hinder palatine bones short, 

 transverse. 



The whiskers are very long and large, roundish, very 

 slightly compressed, rather waved. 



The fore feet are rather small, oblong, obliquely trun- 

 cated, the wrist being nearly as long as the feet, with 5 

 elongated claws, the first the smallest ; the hinder feet 

 are moderate, the marginal toes upon each side large, 

 rounded, the three middle ones very small, tapering ; all 

 clawless. The tail conical. 



Fur short, hair short, flat ; broad and rounded at the tip 

 in the adult; rather more tapering in the young; hair on the 

 lips rather longer, more slender and slightly curled. 

 Inhab. The Southern Ocean. 



This genus has many characters in common with the 

 Crested Seal of the North American Continent, but differs 

 from it in the characters given in the Synopsis at the com- 

 mencement of this article (see p. 4), but especially in the 

 male being provided with a proboscis, while in that genus 

 it has a hood-like swelling proceeding up the nose to the 

 back of the head. 



The Sea Elephant. Morunga Elephantina. 

 Plate 9, female ; plate 1 0, skull. 



A Sea Lion and Lioness from Juan Fernandez, Anson, 

 Vol/. Round Ike World (1786), 122, t. 19, copied. Fernet- 

 tif, Voy. Isle Malorines, ii. 47, t. 9*, f. 1, and altered i. 8*, 

 j'.\. Hence Phoca Leonina, Linn. S. N. i. 55. Schre- 

 ber, Saugth. 297, t. 83, a. Bottle-nosed Seal, Shaw, Zool. 

 i. t. 73. — Penn. Quad. ii. 531, (with an original descrip- 

 tion of the female). Phoca Ansonii, Desni. Mam. 239, 

 369, (part only). 



Grand Phoque a Museau ride, Bujfon, Snppl. vi. 316, 



Anson's Sea Lion, Forster, Voy. Round lite JVorld,\i. 527. 



Phoca major, &c. n. 5. " Manate from Nicuragua," Par- 

 sons, Phil. Trans. 1751, 121, (female). 



Phoca Elei)hantina, Molini Saayi, 260, (1782). 



L'Elephant marino, ou Phoque a trompe. Phoca pro- 

 boscidea, Peron !^ Lesueur, Voy. Terre Austr. ii. 34, ^ 32, 



