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intermediate in this respect between that genus and Ommato- — 
phoca. - 
Mr. Swainson, in 1832, applied the name of Leptony@ to ail 
genus of birds; and in 1837, the same name to a second: but © 
the former had before been named Pteroptychos, and the latter 
Coryphospiza, so that the name may still be used for the Seal. 
Inhab. Antarctic Ocean. 
Leptonyx, Gray, Mag. N. H. 1836; Zool. Voy. Erebus & Terror, 
Mamm.; not Swainson. 
1. Lepronyx WeDDELLIT. FAusEe SEA LEOPARD. 
Fulvous, with the front of the back, and a line down the back, 
blackish grey ; whiskers brown, tapering. 
Female and young blackish grey above; sides with a series of 
longitudinal yellowish spots. 
Phoca Leopardina, Jameson, Weddell, Voy. South Pole, 22, 24, 
134.t.  , not good; Spec. Mus. Edin. 
Sea Leopard, or Leopard Seal, Weddell, Voy. S. Pole, 1. 22, 134. 
Otaria? Weddellii, Lesson, Bull. Sci. Nat. vii. 343, 438. 
Stenorhynchus Weddelli, Lesson, Mamm. 200. 
Leopard Seal, Hamilton, Nat. Lib. 183. t. 12 (from Capt. Wed- 
dell’s specimen). 
Leptonyx Weddellii, Gray, Mag. N. Hist. 1836; Zool. Voy. 
Erebus & Terror, t. 5, animal, t. 6, skull. 
Inhab. Antarctic Ocean. South Orkney, Weddell. 
a,b. Skin. Adult. Stuffed. Santa Cruz. Capt. Fitzroy, 
R.N., 1833. } 
The specimens described as Leptonyx Weddell, Gray, Mag. 
N. H. 1836; Cat. Osteol. Spec. B. M. 31. 
N.B. When this species was first described, I thought it was 
the Leopard Seal of Weddell. I was afterwards induced to 
believe that I was mistaken, as the name Sea Leopard was ap- 
plied by the Whalers to Stenorhynchus Leptonyx; but it would 
appear that they used the same name for the two Seals, for I 
have convinced myself, by examiming the teeth of Weddell’s spe- 
cimen in the Museum of the University of Edmburgh, that my 
first opinion was correct. 
ce. Skin. Stuffed. Small. Antarctic Sea. Presented by the 
Lords of the Admiralty, from the ‘ Zool. of the Erebus and Ter- 
ror.’ Specimen described and figured in ‘ Zool. Erebus and 
_ Terror.’ 
d. Skull. River Santa Cruz, East coast of Patagonia. Pre- 
sented by Capt. Fitzroy. 
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