' 5. MONACHUS. 17 



riioque quatrieme, Blainv. in Besm. Mamm. 243, note ; see Cnv. Oss. 



Foss. V. 207. 

 Stenorh^-ucluis Leptonyx, F. Ciw. Diet. Sc. Nat. xxxix. 549. t. 44; 



Mem. Mus. xi. 190. "t. 13. f. 1; Dents des Mamm. 118. t. 38 a ; 



Nilsson, Wiegm. Arch. vii. 307 ; Skand. Fauna, t. ; Gray, Zool. 



Frehus i<f Terror, 3Iamm. t. 3 ( animal), t. 4 (skull) ; Cat. Osteol. Spec. 



B. M. 31 ; Cat. Seals B. M. 13 ; Blainv. Osteoejr. Phoca, t. 5. f. 9 



(teeth and skull) ; Oiven, Ann. N. H. 1843, xii. 332. 

 Plioca Homei, Lesson, Diet. Class. H. N. xiii. 417. 

 Phoca (Stenorhynche) Leptonvx, Blainv. ; Pucheran, Dumont d' Urville, 



Zool. t. 9. 

 The Small-nailed Seal, Hamilton, Nat. Lib. 180. 1. 11 (nails too large). 

 Stenorhj'nchus aux petits ongles, Homhr. ^ Jacq. Voij. it Pole Sud, t. 9. 

 Sea Leopard of the Mltalers. 

 Sea Bear of New Zealand, Kno.v, in letter. 

 Plioca m'sina, or Sea Bear, Pollach, JVciu Zealand. 



Inhab. Antarctic Ocean, on the packed ice. North shore, New- 

 castle, N. S. W., G. Bennett. Drawn by Angas. 



a. Skin : adult : stuffed. Antarctic Ocean. Antarctic Expedition. 



Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



b. Skin : adult : unstuffed. 



c. SkuU. 



cl. Skull. Antarctic Seas. Antarctic Expedition . Presented by the 



Lords of the Admii-alty. 

 SkuU figiu^ed in ' Zool. Erebus & Terror,' t. . f . . 

 e. Skull. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 

 /. Skeleton. Port Nicholson, New Zealand. Presented by Dr. 



Frederick Knox. 

 g. SkuU. Antarctic Seas. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 

 Ji. SkuU and bones of the body. Antarctic Seas. Presented by the 



Lords of the Admiralty. 

 i. SkuU. Antarctic Seas. 



The skull of this Seal is described by Prof. Owen in Cat. Osteol. 

 Mus. CoU. Surg. 642. nos. 3938-3941, and in Ann. N. H. 1843, xii. 

 331, he says the Sea Leopard is distinguished from it " by the spotted 

 hide." 



5. MONACHUS. 



Skull broad, depressed behind ; muzzle short, broad ; orbits large ; 

 grinders smaU, conical, " thick, with a small anterior and posterior 

 lobe;" lower jaw broad, with a distinct posterior angle; "upper 

 cutting-teeth transversely notched ; " cutting-teeth ^. 



Inhab. Mediterranean. 



Monachus, Fleminq, Phil. Zool. ii. 187,1822; Nikson, Vet. Akad. Handl. 



1837, 2.35 ; Gray, Cat. Seals B. M. 17. 

 Pelagios (Pelage), F. Cuv. 3fem. Mus. xi. 193, 196. 1. 13, 1827; Gray, 



Zool. Erehiis 8f Terror, Mamm. 3. 

 Pelagius, F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. lix. 463, 1829 ; Fisc?ier, Si/n. Mamm. 



230 ; irieymann, Arch. vii. 308 ; Nilsson, Vet. Akad. Handl. 1837, 



235 ; Skand. Faioia, xx. t. 

 Heliophoca, Gray, Ann. Sf 3Iag. N. H. 18.54, xiii. (from young animal ). 



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