34 rnociD-'K. 



1. Halichcerus Grypus. Orey Seal. 



Phoca grypus, O. Fahr. Skrirt. M,t. Sckk. i. 1G7. t. 13. f. 4 (skull). 

 Haliclirei'us gi'_\'pus, Nilssoti^ Skand. Fauna, i. 377. t. 34. f. 1, 2 ; Witf/m. 



Arch. vii. 318. 

 Phoca g-ryphus, Licht. Berl. Acad. 1821, t. 1. f. 1, 2 ; Blainv. Osteog. 



Fhoca, t. 9 ; Fischer, Syn. 239. 

 Plioca liispida, Schreb. Sciugeth. 312. t. 86 ; Hamilton, t. 8. 

 Phoca Ilalichoerus, TJiienem. Nat. Bemerh. 142. 

 Phoca leporina ?, Licht. in Hande tmd Spinersch, Zeitiing, n. 46. 

 Phoca Ochotensis, Pallas, Zool. lios.w-Asiat. i. 117. 

 Ilalychcerus griseus, Hornsch. l^if:, 1Sl'4, 8]0; Bid!. Sci. Nat. v. 104. 

 llalichccrus griseus, Nilsso7i, Shand. Fainm, 377. t. 34. f. 1, 2 ; Hamiltmi, 



t. 10. 

 Ilalichoerus giyphus, R. Ball, Trans. Roy. Irish Acad, xviii. t. 1 (male 



aud female), t. 2, 3 (skull, teeth, &c.) ; Sketches Brit. Seals, t. 1, 2, 



& 7. figs. 1-22 ; Cat. Seals B. M. 30. 

 Grey Seal, Bell, Brit. Quad. 284. f. . 



Seal from South Sea, Home, Phil. Trans. 1822, t. 27 (skull). 

 Young. Phoca scopulicola, Tliienem. Nat. Bemerk. 1824, 59. t. 5 ( c? 



adult) ; Bull. Sci. Nat. v. 261 ; Fischer, Syn. 237. 

 Phoca Thienemanui, Lesson, Diet. Class. H. N. xiii. 415. 

 Callocephalus scopulicolus, Lesson, 3fan. 199. 



Inhab. Worth coast of Europe (Ireland and Scotland). 



a. Adult : stuffed. Coast of Northumberland. 



b. Half-grown : stuffed. Fern Island. Presented by J. P. Selby, Esq. 



c. Skull of a. Fern Island. 



d. Skull of h. Fern Island. Presented by J. P. Selby, Esq. 



Mr. Ball states that the habits of the Irish Seal differ so much from 

 those ascribed to it in the Baltic, that he thinks it may, on compa- 

 rison, prove to be a distinct species. The colour of the Irish animal 

 varies so much, from sex, age, season, &c., that it cannot be regarded 

 of value as a specific character ; the brain is very small compared 

 with that of Phoca, and its intellectual power bears the same pro- 

 portion. It may always be distinguished from other Seals by its 

 straight profile, fierce aspect, and greater proportionate length. — Proc. 

 Royal Irish Acad. Dec. 1836, p. 18. 



The skull figured by Mr. Clift in Home's paper in the Phil. Trans. 

 1822, t. 27, with other bones of the body, is in the Museum of the 

 Eoyal College of Surgeons (see Owen, Cat. Osteol. Coll. Mus. Coll. 

 Surg. J). 643. no. 3943, from a specimen given by Mr. Oxendon to 

 Mr. Hunter). It was shot in the Orknevs. 



The " Grey-bearded Seal from Orkney " (Home, Phil. Trans. 1822, 

 t. 28, skull, cop. Ball, f. 31), Mr. Ball regards as the skull of Phoca 

 vitidina with some teeth of P. Groenlandica inserted in the upper 

 jaAv. — Bcdl, op.cit. Dec. 1836, p. 18. 



MM. Hornschiich and Schilling (Wiegmann's Arch. 1851, 22) pro- 

 pose to separate the geni^ into three species : — 



1. H. grypus, 0. Fabr. =//. griseus, Nilsson. 



2. H. macrorhyncJms, Hoa'nschiich & Schilling, 1850. 



3. H. pachyrhynclms, Hornschuch & Schilling, 1850. 



See also Lilljeborg, Arskrift. Kongl. Vetcnsk. Soc. i Upsal, 1860, 297; 



