5. MONAcnus. 17 



Phoque quatrieme, Blaim>, in Desm. Mamm. 243, note; see Cm. Oss. 



Fans. V. 207. 

 Stenorhynchus Leptonyx, F. Cuv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xxxix. 640. t. 44; 



Mem. Mi/s. xi. 100.' t. 13. f. 1; Dents des Mumm. 118. t. 38 a; 



Nihsoii, Wiefjm. Arch. vii. 807; Sluind. Fauna, t. ; Gray, Zool. 



Erebus Sf Terror, Ma mm. t. 3 (animal), t. 4 (skidl); Cat. Oste'ol. Spec. 



B. M. 31 ; Cat. Seals B. M. 13 ; Blainv. Osteo(ir. Phoca, t. 5. f. 



(teetli and slnill) ; Owen, Ann. N. H. 1843, xii. 332. 

 Phoca lloiiipi, Lesson, iJiet. Class. II. N. xiii. 417. 

 Vho(:ii(^ii;\wyhynchii)ljti-pion\x,Blainv.-,Pucheran,Dumontd''UrDille, 



Zool. t. 9. 

 The Small-nailed Seal, Hamilton, Nat. Lib. 180. 1. 11 (nails too large). 

 Stenorhynchus aux petits ongles, Hombr. Hf Jacq. Voy. a Pole Sad, t. 9. 

 Sea Leopard of the Jfl/alers. 



Sea Bear of New Zealand, Knox, in letter. ^~. 



Phoca m-sina, or Sea Bear, I'ollach, Neiu Zealand. ^' 



Inhab. Antarctic Ocean, ou the packed ice. North shore, Ncw- 

 castlcj N. S. W., 6r. ^c?wie«. Drawn by Angas. 



a. Skin : adult : stuffed. Antarctic Ocean. Antarctic Expedition. 



Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 

 h. Skin : adult : unstuffed. /; / ;, . . ^ ' 



c. Skidi. /2IlU^^-^^ ^ -\ 



d. Skidl. Antarctic Seas. Antarctic Expedition. Presented by the '' l'^^^ 



Lords of the Admii-alty. ^jj 



SkuU figiu'cd in ' Zool. Erebus & Terror,' t. . f. . ' — ^' 



e. SkuU. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



/. Skeleton. Port Nicholson, New Zealand. Presented by Dr. ^ 



Frederick Knox. -^ 



r/. Skull. Antarctic Seas. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. • 



h. Skidl and bones of the body. Antarctic Seas. Presented by the J . i/i. 



Lords of the Admiralty. 

 Skull. Antarctic Seas. 



The skull of this Seal is described by Prof. Owen in Cat. Ostool. 

 Mus. Coll. Surg. 642. nos. 3938-3941, and in Ann. N. H. 1843, xii. 

 331, he says the Sea Leopard is distinguished from it " by the spotted ' 

 hide." 



5. MONACHUS. 



Skull broad, depressed behind ; muzzle short, broad ; orbits large ; 

 grinders small, conical, " thick, with a small anterior and posterior 

 lobe;" lower jaw broad, with a distinct posterior angle; "upper 

 cutting-teeth transversely notched;" cutting-teeth |. 



Inhab. Mediterranean. 



Monachus, Fleming, Phil. Zool. ii. 187, 1822; Nilsson, Vet. Akad. Ilandl 



1837, 235; Gray, Cat. Seals B. M. 17. 

 Pelagios (Pehtge), F. Cuv. Mem. Mus. xi. 193, 196. t. 13, 1827; Gray, 



Zool. Erebus Sf Terror, Mamm. 3. 

 Pehigius, F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. lix. 403, 1829 ; Fischer, Si/n. Mamm. 



230 ; Wleymann, Arch. vii. 308 ; Nilsson, Vet. Ahad. Handl. 1837, 



23.5; Skand. Fauna, xx. t. 

 Heliophoca, Gray, Ann. <^- May. N. II. 18.>4, xiii. ( from yomiii' animal ). 



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