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THE CONTENTS. 



Geographical Distribution and Descent of the Flesh- 

 eaters, 234 



THE SEALS (P1NNIPEDIA). 



Introduction, 239 



THE EARED SEALS (Otarida), ..... 241 

 Steller's Sea-lion (Otaria Stelleri), . . .243 



Sea-bear (Otaria ursina), 244 



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THE TRUE SEALS (Phocida), . . . . . 246 



Sea-elephant (Cystophora proboscidea), . . 246 



Bladder-nosed Seal (Cystophora cristata), . . 248 



Monk-seal (Lcptonyx monachus), . . . 249 



Sea-leopard (Leptonyx leopardinus), . . . 249 



Common Seal or Sea-calf (Phoca vitulina), . 249 



Greenland Seal (Phoca groenlandica), . . 249 



THE WALRUS OR MORSE (Trichechus rosmarus), . 250 



Geographical Distribution and Descent of the Seals, . 253 



Young of the Brown Bear. 



