40 PHOClD^i;. 



Leo mariuus (Cap. B. S.}, Pallas, Zool. Bosso-Asiat. i. 106. 



Sea Elephant, JFeddeU, Votj. 53, 84, 134. 



Macrorliviichus proboscideus, Gray, in Brookes's Mns. Cat. 36, 1828. 



Phoque gris argent(5 a os nasaux tres courts, 3Iu8. Paris, from M. 



Diibison = Cnvicr, Oss. Foss. v. 213 ; Nilsson, Wiegm. Arch. vii. 



325 ; — hence 

 Phoca diibia, Fisclwr, Mamm. i. 235, 



Phoque des Patagons, F. Citrier, Mem. Mas. i. 203. 1. 14. f. 2, d, e,f. 

 Miroimga Patagonica, Gray, Griffith's A. K. v. 186. 

 Stemmatopus Patachonicus, J. Brookes, Cat. Mus. 36, 1828. 

 Rhinophora proboscidea, Wagler, Nat. Syst. Amj)h. 27. 



Inhab. Southern Ocean. 



a. Skull of young. Antarctic Ocean. 



b. Adult: stuifed. Antarctic Ocean. Presented by the Lords of the 

 Admiralty. 



c. Skeleton of i. Antarctic Seas, Antarctic Expedition. Presented by 

 the Lords of the Admiralty. — Skull figured in ' Zool. Erebus & 

 Terror,' t. . 



d. Skin, Avith skull. 

 Skin of young male. Cape of Good Hope ? 

 Skull. Antarctic Seas, Antarctic Expedition. Presented by the 



Lords of the Admiralty. 

 Skull and imperfect skeleton of young. Antarctic Seas, Antarctic 

 Expedition. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 

 h. Skeleton of specimen e. Cape of Good Hope ? Erom Mr. Bartlett's 

 ^9^^^ collection. 



/) V.^^-^^ ^^^ skulls of different ages of this species are described by Professor 

 A/'J^ '^ ^j^^d^n, Cat. Osteol. CoU. Mus. Coll. Surg. p. 308. no. 3920. Among 

 . ^^^^ '*^*^j^ others is the anterior portion of the jaws of the Sea Lion from the 

 'i' Ci^ South Seas, described and figured in Anson's Yoyage round the 



/i<-^^^^^-<r< World, p. 122. t. 19 (see no. 3923). 



J C' Sec Pcron on the Sea Elephant, Frcycinet, Voy. Atistrale ; trans- 

 yi/^J^ p"^^^^ ill Brewster's Edin. Journ. of Science, 1827, vii. 73. 



•/V^^v^ ^^' CYSTOPHOEA. 



' JaJ'^ Nose of the male with a large compressed hood, extending to the 



fi^f a /, S \iSi,c\L of the head ; muzzle very broad, hairy ; nostrils large. Muzzle 



C^^ of the skull broad, narrowed on each side in front; forehead flat; 



palatine bone broad, squai'e. Hair elongate, cylindrical ; whiskers flat, 



waved. Claws 5-5, distinct. 



Cystophora, Gray, Zool. Erebus ^- Terror, 4. 



Cystophora, sp., Nilsson, Vet. Akad. Handl. 1837 ; Skand. Fauna ; 



Wiegm. Arch. vii. 326. 

 Mirounga, part.. Gray, Griffith's A. K. v. 463. 

 Siemmatopus (Stemmatope), F. Cuvicr,Mcm. Mus. xi. 196. 1. 13, 1827; 



Diet. Sci. Nat. lix. 464 ; Fischer, Syn. 230. 



The young is like the young of PcaiophUus Oroenlandicus in external 

 appearance, but it is easily known from that species by the hairiness 

 of the mufile between the nostrils, and by the teeth not being lobed, 

 but only plaited on the surface. (See also Nilsson, "Wiegm. Arch, 

 vii. 320". ) 



