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Southern Cross. 



et la finale c'est im reniflement sans harmonie produit par I'air 

 violemment expulse par les narines." 



External appearance. — As in tlie case of the other species, the 

 exact details of the coloration of Onimatojihoca are still very imperfectly- 

 known. Gray's plate tells us very little. In his written description 

 of the type-specimen he stated that the colour was " greenish-yellow, 

 with close oblique yellow stripes on the side, pale beneath." The 

 present coloration of the skin I should describe as being as nearly as 

 possible olive above, shading gradually into tawny-olive beneath, 

 with regions of lighter yellowish shades on the breast and neck. 



MR, KICOLAI HANSON, WITH KOSs's SEAL. 

 (By i>ermission of Messrs. Hurst d- BlacJcett.) 



There is no very distinct line of demarcation between the colours of 

 the upper and under surfaces ; neither are there many spots. The 

 " stripes " described by Gray are, however, present at about the place 

 where a line of demarcation might be expected to occur. On the 

 flanks they occur as streaks of the colour of the under surface, having 

 a breadth of about a quarter of an inch, which running obliquely 

 forwards invade the colour of the upper surface. Occasionally in 

 places where the streaks are interrupted a spot or two is formed. 

 Otherwise the creature is spotless. 



Mr. Bruce in his very brief allusion to the coloration of this 

 species makes no mention of these streaks, but merely compares it 

 with the Crab-eating Seal, adding that its coat is " somewhat sleeker 



