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of the fore-foot is the longest ; the muzzle is very promi- 

 nent ; the head depressed ; whiskers grey, slightly com- 

 pressed and undulated. 



Length of head and body, 6 feet ; circumference, 4 feet ; 

 length of cranium, 8 inches 3 lines. 



This Seal has been taken at least two or three times in 

 England and Scotland. It is found in the White Sea, and 

 on the coasts of Lapland and Spitzbergen, but chiefly in 

 Greenland, where it appears in great herds. Its oil is held 

 in high esteem. 



Phoca aimellata. 



Phoca annellata, Schinz, Europ. Faun. vol. i. 



Phoca f<»tida, Keys. u. Blas. Wirbelth. Eui'op. 



Calocefphalus discolor, F. Cuvier. 



Gahcephalus fcetidus, Gtray, Catalogue of Brit. Mus., Ringed Seal do. I. c. 



Marbled Seal of Hamilton, Nat. Lib. vol. vi. (figured). 



Descriptiox. — This Seal has been decided by Baron Cuvier 

 and Professor IN'ilsson to be a distinct species from P. v'ltu- 

 lina, with which it was originally identified. The upper 

 part of the body is wholly blackish brown, marked with 

 tortuous and ii-regular lines of whitish grey, which form 

 detached marbled spots ; the under part is paler, and its 

 greyish lines broader and yellower. In some individuals 

 the whitish grey of the abdomen reaches up on the sides ; 

 in others, the markings on the back have a resemblance to 

 the eye. The grinding teeth are three-pointed, and are 

 arranged in the direction of the jaw, not obliquely as in 

 P, vitulina. 



Inhabits the coasts of the Baltic and Ai'ctic Seas, and Ice- 

 land, and is supposed to have been in one instance captured 

 on the French shore. 



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