apo DE BESTIIS MARINIS. 



dinem conccrnit , piloriim dcnrirntcm :i climntc , qnod pilo- 

 nim colorcm a viclii proficilcitur : vbi L;inccs foJio uoh 

 dcciduo fcu Ccdri viilgo di(fli ct Pini, ibi pilns cincrcib 

 aibicans , vbi hirices fblio dccidno , abictcs , ibi nigro pilo 

 occnrrnnt. Intcr animaliii murina fola Phocn cll , qmic 

 non tantnm vbinis tcrrarum in Occano , venim in mari 

 Balthico , Cafpio ct lacubns nnllam cnin mari communi- 

 citioiKin halKiuibns , vt in lacn Bukal ct Orc^n, qnouis 

 tcmporc inucnitnr , intcrccdit nihilo tamcn minus haec 

 ditfcrcntia , vt PhtKa Oce.inica commnnifllma a reliquis 

 omnibns Ipccificc cdorc dirtintfla fit , gaudet ncmpe pilo 

 lutcfccntc ac in polkriori corporis mcdictatc macnlam maxi- 

 inam cafliiK-as colorc acmnlanitm obtinct , qnac tcrtiam 

 partcfTi iiucgri corii occnpnt. 



l)illini;uo autcm phoca> r.uioiic magnitndinis in trcs fpccics, 

 in inaxiniam , ()nac magiiitudiiic Tanrum fiiperat , ac lolum- 

 modo iii «^iccano Oticntali a gradii latitudinis 56. ad 59. oc- 

 currii,ac iiicob'sKamtfchaticisLachtak\ocatur. Mcdiac magni- 

 tiidiiiis , quac onuics Tigridiim inftar , multis exiguis macuHs 

 tariac (iint , 3. infimac magnituuinis , ^t Occanica, qune tam 

 in mari Bakhico , quain circa pornim Sti Archnngcli, in Suc- 

 cia , Nnrwcgi;! , Amcrica tt Kamtlclutka capitur, ct lacuflris 

 dnicium aquanim nionochn>a Icn vnicolor , vt Baili:ili , ea co- 

 loris argcntci. Si vcro quieratur , quarc hoc folum amphibii 

 gcnus vbiuis tcrranim inOccano ct lacubusdcgat, caufam red- 

 do, quod vnifbrmi ct ^biuis tcrrarum rcpcriuikio vidu vt.uur 

 rcilictt pifcibus et carnilnis , alitcr fc rcs habct cum Ma- 

 rwti , quod ttrti> f()Uinuiu>do fucis mariiiis vcfizitur non vbi- 

 iiis oi)iiii>> ct ob llnicfliirnm corporis in locis v;\dofLS non vbiuis 

 ■«iucrc pollit. Lutra nuriiu canctis ct concliyliis vidtitans , 



