17. OTAKIA. 57 



Porou indicates a .species from Eugene Island, Australia, under 

 the name of Otaria alhlcoUls, Peron at Lesueur, Voy. ii. 118 ; Desm. 

 Mamm. 251 ; Phoca alhicollis, Fischer, Syn. 233. 



Cuvier observes, " this species has the amis placed far forwards, 

 and not as in other Otaria' '' (Oss. Foss. v. 223), and " the only 

 Otaria brought home by Peron (hence probably his 0. cinerea) was 

 2 feet 9 inches long ; it is rather whiter than the specimens from the 

 Cape" (Oss. Foss. v. 221). The skuU is not mentioned. 



Peron, in speaking of the productions of " Isle de Decrees," says 

 they found a new Seal 9 or 10 feet long. " The hair of this animal 

 is verj' short, very hard, and very thick (tres grossier); but its skin 

 is thick and strong, and the oil abundant." 



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10. Arctocephalus australis. (K^^-^ 



The flaps to the hind toes moderate ; grey, with yellow reflex- C^v'^ 



ions ; head, cheeks, and side of muzzle whitish, beneath fulvous ; 

 neck thick ; limbs beneath blackish ; whiskers strong, flat, white. 



Otaria australis, Qumjet Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Mamm. 9. 1. 10-14 ; Nilsson, 

 Vet. Ahid. Handl. 18.37 ; Skand. Fauna ; Wieym. Arch. vii. 322. 



Inhab. South coast of Australia, " King George's Sound," Quoy. 

 1\Ini l [ i K i b i l i lj- | ]i r r iiimn 1m A Mg^l-pvi 



What is the Black Seal of the coast of N^ew Holland ? There is a 

 male, presented by J. B. Boisley, in the Australian Museum, Sydney 

 (Otaria, sp., no. 30. Cat. p. 7). 



It is very doubtful if either of these species differs from A. lohatus. 



17. OTARIA. 



Face short, shelving ; the nose-aperture large, oblong ; the fore- 

 head flat, shehing from the edge of the nose-bone to the middle of 

 the vertex ; the palate very concave, decurved deeper with age, 

 scarcely contracted behind ; ear elongated, extending nearly to the 

 articidation of the lower jaw ; the lower jaw with a crest-like ridge 

 on the inner side of the hinder part, just in front of the condyle. 



Muzzle broad, high in front ; forehead rather convex ; occiput 

 high ; cutting-teeth ■^, the upper outer ones very large, like canines ; 

 grinders (of the adults) \\\i\i very large roots and small, compressed, 

 lobed crowns; palate -bone rather wider behind than in front, long, 

 extending nearly to the articulation of the lower jaw behind; lower 

 jaw broad, dilated below in front and behind at the angles ; the 

 upper jaw elongate, and dilate with age. 



Head short, broad ; chin large ; muzzle truncated ; mufile bald, 

 fonning a distinct disk between and above the nostril ; ears small, 

 short, conical. Fore feet rather large ; claws indistinct ; tail veiy 

 short, conical. Hind feet large, with the three middle claws long, 

 subcylindrical, the fifth or inner one rudimentary ; toe-flaps very 

 long, the outer one broad, second, third, and fourth rather longest 

 and narrow, the fifth shortest, all much longer than the veiy short 



