30 SEALS. 
Halichcerus, Nilsson, Vet. Akad. Handl. 1837 ; Scand. Fauna, 
1. 377; Wiegm. Arch. vii. 318. 
Halycheerus, Hornschuch, Isis, viii. 1824, 810; Bull. Sci. Nat. 
v. 104 
Phocea, sp., O. Fab.; Lichtenstein. 
1. HALIcHa@RUS GRYPUS. GREY SEAL. 
Halicheerus grypus, Nilsson, Scand. Fauna, i. 377. t. 34. f. 1,2; 
Wiegm. Arch. vii. 318. 
Phoca grypus, Fab. Nat. Selsk. Skri. i. 167. t. 13. f. 4, skull. 
Phoca gryphus, Licht. Berl. Acad. 1821, t. 1. f. 1,2; Blainv. 
Ostéog. Phoca, t.9; Fischer, Syn. 239. 
Phoca hispida, Schreb. S. 312. t. 86; Hamilton, t. 8. 
Phoca Halichcoerus, Thienem. Nat. Bemerk. 142. 
Phoca leporina?, Licht. in Haude und Spinersch Zeitung, nu. 46. 
Phoca ochotensis, Pallas, Zool. Ross. Asiat. i. 117. 
Halycheerus griseus, Hornsch. Isis, 1824, 810; Bull. Sci. Nat.v. 
104. 
Halicheerus griseus, Nilsson, Scand. F. 377. t. 34. f. 1,2; Ha- 
milton, t. 10. 
Halichcerus gryphus, R. Ball, Trans. Roy. Irish Acad. xviii. 
t. 1, male and female, t. 2,3, skull, teeth, &c. ; Sketches Brit. 
Seals, t. 1,2 & 7. 
Grey Seal, Bell, Brit. Quad. 284. f. 
Seal from South Sea, Home, Phil. Tr. 1822, t. 27, skull. 
Young. Phoca Scopulicola, Thienem. N. Bemerk. 59. t. 5. 1824, 
$ adult; Bull. Sci. Nat. v. 261; Fischer, Syn. 237. 
Phoca Thienemanni, Lesson, Dict. Class. H. N. xiii. 415. 
Callocephalus Scopulicolus, Lesson, Man. 199. 
Inhab. North coast of Europe (Ireland and Scotland). 
a. Adult: stuffed. Coast of Northumberland. 
b. Half-grown: stuffed. Fern Island. Presented by J. P. 
Selby, Esq. : j 
e. Skull of a. Fern Island. 
d, Skull of 6. Fern Island. Presented by J. P. Selby, Esq. 
10. TrRicHECHUS. 
Muzzle very broad, truncate, swollen and convex above; mufile, 
palm and soles chaffy, callous, with the hair more or less worn 
off im the adult (hairy when young?). Cutting teeth 4 im young, 
2 in adult; grinders > truncated, all dhcle-roaee canines, 
upper very large, exserted. 
The skin is covered with small ovate scales. Nose with very 
rigid white compressed pellucid bristles, rounded at the end; 
fore-feet small, outer and hinder edge of the upper side bald, rest 
