22 pnocin-Ti. 



e. Skeleton : young. Coast of England. From Dr. Mantell's Col- 

 lection. 



/. Skull. Greenland.— (Fig. 7, p. 21.) 



(J. Skull. 



h. Skull of specimen from coast of Europe, 



i. Skeleton of specimen from coast of Holland. Presented by the 

 Zoological Society. 



j. Skeleton. Greenland. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. — " Phoca 

 hisipidus or P. anmdatiis,^^ Warwick. 



Middle toe of the fore flipper the largest, the others on each side 

 decreasing in length, so that the two dnter are half an inch shorter 

 than the middle one ; the hind flipper with the outer toes largest 

 and connected by a thick membrane, containing three of the slender 

 and shorter toes. — Sabine, Boss's Voy. 12. 



A young Seal became so entirely domesticated and attached to the 

 ship, that it was frequently put into the sea and suffered to swim at 

 perfect liberty, and when tired would return of itself to the boat's 

 side to be taken in. — Sabine, Boss's Voy. 13. 



Lower jaw not observed. 

 2. Callocephalus ? Caspicus. Caspian Seal. 



Back and sides grey-bro-^Ti, dccoi'atcd with irregular, thickish, 

 yellowish rings ; the sides of the mouth gradually of a pale yel- 

 lowish ; hairs of the beard thick, pale. Length 4 feet. 



Phoca Caspica, Nilsson, Vetensk. Akad. Handl. 1837; Skand. Fauna; 



Wiegman, Arch. vii. 313. 

 Phoca canina, var. Caspica, Pallas, Zool. Rosso-Asiat. 

 Phoca vitulina /3. Caspia, Gmelin, S. N. ; Fischer, Syn. 675 ; Gray, 



Griffith's A. K. \. 173. 

 Callocephalus Caspicus, Gray, Zool. E. 4- T. 3 ; Cat. Phoc. B. M. 24. 



Inhab. Caspian Sea. 



3. Callocephalus ? dimidiatus. Norway Seal. 

 Whiskers waved ; dark grey above ; lips and beneath piirc white. 



Phoca dimidiata, Schlegel, Mus. Leyden. 

 Callocephalus dimidiatus, Gray, Cat. Phoc. B. M. 24. 



Inhab. Norway. Mus. Leyden. 



May be only a particular state of one of the preceding species. 



7. PAGOMYS. 



The branches of the lower jaw diverging ; lower edge of the lower 

 jaw dilated on the inner side, with the angle blunt and sloping be- 

 hind (see fig. 9, e, p. 28) ; the palate angularly notched behind. 



Inhab. Northern Seas. 



Papomys, Gray, P. Z. S. IfiOO. 



Callocephalus, § **, part., Gray, Cat. Seals B. M. 2.3. 



