10. pnocA. 



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position which he htis won b)- his hydrographic and scientific quali- 

 fications. 



10. PHOCA. 



Muzzle broad, short ; forehead convex ; whiskers smooth, taper- 

 ing ; ear-hole large ; fingers unequal, the third longest, second and 

 fourth long, the first and fifth shorter, nearly equal ; palate with a 

 semicii'cular edge behind. Forehead arched ; grinders small, far 

 apart, often much worn ; teeth small. The branches of tlie lower 

 jaw arched on the sides and wide apart ; lower edge produced, form- 

 ing a bhmt rugidose tubercle on the inner side behind the symphysis ; 

 the angle of the lower jaw with a rounded lobe on the inner side 

 above the basal tubercle. (Fig. 10.) 



Female. Teats 4. 



Inhab. Northern Seas. 



Phoca, sp., Linn. &c. 



Phoca, Grm/, Zool E. df T. ; Cat. Phockla B. M. 26. 



Callocephalus, sp., F. Cuvier, Mem. 3Im. xi. 1827. 



Fio-. 10. 



Phoca barbata. Skull, grinder, and palate. 



1. Phoca barbata. Leporine Seal. 



Male. Black; belly yellowish, black-dotted. Female. Beneath grey. 



Phoca barbata, O. Fahr. SJcrivt. Nat. Selsk. i. 139-159. t. l.'l f. 3 (skull) ; 

 Faioi. Gra'nI. 15 ; Mii/l. Zool. Dan. Prodr. viii. ; Nihson, Skand. 

 Faun. i. 374; Wieqm. Arch. vii. 317; Thicnem. Nat. licmerk. i. 

 t. 1, 2, 3, t. 4 (skidi); Bull. Sci. Nat. v. 261; F. Cut: Mem. 3Lts. 

 xi. 184. t. 12. i. 4, A-, /, m ; Grai/, Cat. Ostcol. Spec. B. 3L 32 ; Zool. 

 Erebus Ly Terror ; Griffith's A. K. v. 178 ; Fischer, Sijn. 240 ; Blainv. 

 Osteoii. Phoca, t. 9 (doutitiou) ; ? Temm. Fauna Japo)t. 



