44 SEALS. 
Peron indicates a species from Eugene Island, Australia, under — 
the name of Otaria albicollis, Peron et Lesueur, Voy. ii. 118; — 
Desm. Mamm. 251. Phoca albicollis, Fischer, Syn. 233. 
Cuvier observes, this species has the arms placed far forwards, 
and not as in other Otarie.—Oss. Foss. v. 223. 
Cuvier observes, “the only Otaria brought home by Peron, 
hen¢e probably his O. cinerea, was 2 feet 9 inches long; it is 
rather whiter than the specimens from the Cape.” The skull 
is not mentioned.— Oss. Foss. v. 221. 
Peron, in speaking of the productions of Isle de Decrees, says — 
they found a new Seal 9 or 10 feet long. ‘The hair of this 
animal is very short, very hard, and very thick (trés grossier) ; 
but its skin is thick and strong, and the oil abundant.” 
** Fur short, close-pressed, without any under-fur. Hair Seals. 
4. ARCTOCEPHALUS LOBATUS. 
The flaps to the hind-toes short, not so long as the toes: 
canines large, rugulose, thick at the base; grinders large, with a 
rugose keel round the mner side of the base; the Ist and 2nd 
with one small lobe; 3rd, 4th and 5th grinders with a distinct 
front and hinder lobe. 
Otaria cinerea, Gray in King, Narrat. Australia, ii. 413; Grif- 
fith, A. K. v. 183 (not Peron?), 1827. 
Arctocephalus lobatus, Gray, Spic. Zool. i. t. > skull; Bull. 
Sci. Nat. xvi. 113; in J. Brookes’s Cat. Mus. 37, 1828. 
Phoca lobata, Fischer, Syn. ii. 574. 
? Otaria Lamairii, J. Miller, Wiegm. Arch. 1841, 334. 
Otaria Stelleri (Mus. Leyden, 1845), Faun. Japon. t. 21, 22, 23, 
animal, t. 22. f. 3, skull. 
Otaria jubata, part., Gray, Cat. Osteol. Coll. B. M. 33. 
Young covered with soft fur, which falls off when the next 
coat of fur is developed. 
Inhab. N. W. coast of Australia. Houtman’s Abrolhos, Mr. — 
Gilbert. 
a. Skin of half-grown. Port Essington. 
6. Skin of half-grown. Port Essimgton. 
c. Skin of half-grown. Port Essington. 
d. Jaws of skull, half-grown. Houtman’s Abrolhos, Austra-— 
ha. From Mr. Gould’s Collection. ; 
e. Lower jaw, half-grown. Toutman’s Abrolhos, Australia. 
From Mr. Gould’s Collection. 
f. Teeth, very young. Houtman’s Abrolhos, Australia. From 
Mr. Gould’s Collection. 
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