MACQUARIE ISLAND SEAL. 



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presented to the Zoological Society. They were driven 

 into a narrow creek, their escape was cut off, and they 

 were then captured by means of thick nets. 



The quality of the skin of this Seal was no doubt 

 good. The colour is yellowish-grey in the males, with 

 3'ellowish-white chest, brown belly, and darker grizzly 

 back. The females, and young animals, are light yellow- 

 grey, almost white. When the new growth appears, the 



males are very yellow, and have little or no fur, except 

 on the back, where it is very dense. - The flippers are 

 shorter than those of the Otaria jnhata. 



The eyes are dark brown and limpid ; the}' are round, 

 and easily moved in their sockets, thus enabhng the 

 Seal to see under water. The ears are rather short, as 

 in the Otaria jnhata, and probal^ly all the other species 



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