204 PHOOA. 



Order FER^^. 



Family PIIOCID.E. 



Genus PHOCA. 



HalichcErus antarcticus Peale. 



U. S. Exploring; Kxped., VIII, :\Iaiiiin. and Ornithol., p. 30; woodcut, p. 31, 1848. 



I'hoca jjitil a (Jill, Communications, Essex Institute, V, 1866-7, p. 4, footnote. 

 Allen, Monogr. North Amer. Pinnipeds, U. S. Geol. Surv., Miscell. Put)., XII, 



1880, p. 561; and pp. 580-582. 

 =Phoca richardii (Gray). See Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XVI, pp. 4!»1- 



492; see also p. 46.3 and pp. 466 and 467, December 12, 1902. 



3048. Skull. Youtio- adult. Said to have been collected ))y the 

 United States Explorino- Expedition at Deception Island, Octo- 

 ber 10. Cataloo-ued Jaiuiarv 10, 18(50. (Jill and Allen (see refer- 

 ences above) strongly and rightly (juestion the locality given b}" 

 Peale. 



The skull has evidently been injured in recent years. Most of the rifi:ht half 

 of the brain case has been broken away, including the right zygoma. The tip.-« 

 of the nasals are injured and the region al)out the right premaxillo-maxillo-nasal 

 sutures considerably broken. There should be a skin. No. 3741, which can not 

 be found. 



Type not designated by number, but a consideration of Allen's " Pinnipeds," 

 pp. 580-582, leaves no doubt that this specimen is the type. 



Phoca richardii geronimensis Allen. Biological Survey collection. 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, XVI, pp. 495-496, December 12, 1902. 

 81.520. Skin and skull (skin not examined hy describer and not men- 

 tioned in original description). Adult male. San Cfcronimo Island, 

 Lower California, Mexico. September 13, 18!>«;. Collected b}' 

 A. W. Anthon3\ Original number 209. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect, except for i)erforatioii of l)asi- 

 occipital. 



Phoca ochotensis macrodens Allen. 



Bull. Amer. :\Ius. Nat. Hist., XVI, j). 483, December 12, 1902. 

 83447. Skidl (no skin). Young adult (male Jide Allen). Avatcha 

 Bay, Kamchatka. IS^O. Collected ])v Dr. L. Stejneger. Cata- 

 logued April 7, 1897. 



Skull nearly perfect, except right malar and first right lower incisor lost. Atlas 

 present. 



Phoca richardii pribilofensis Allen. 



Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XVI, p. 495, December 12, 1902. 

 fill?. Skin and skeleton. Adult female. St. Paul l>land. Pribilof 

 Ishinds, Alaska. Collected by C. II. Townsend, l'. S. Bureau of 

 Fisheries. Catalogued November 28, 1896. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull jjerfect (in Division of Mammals); 

 rest of skeleton in storage (Division of Comparative Anatomy). 



