GREAfr SEAL. 213 



In the Museum of the University of Edinburgh 

 \s a Scottish Seal five feet five inches in length, 

 tvhich, by the smallness and form of its teeth, and 

 the length of the third toe of its fore foot, is shown 

 to belong to this species, although the form given 

 it by the preparer is more robust than it is described 

 as being. The mystachial bristle? diffcr from those 

 of our other Seals in being destitute of undulations ; 

 the fore feet are not less different, as ttiev r*ave the 

 third toe longest ; the forehead is more convex, and 

 the muzzle much broader. In this specimen the 

 pile is yellowish-grey, on the top of the head light- 

 yellowish, along the back brownish ; the anterior 

 claws large, carinate, a little curved, and blackish ; 

 those on the hind feet slender and tapering. In 

 order to enable those who may meet with an animal 

 corresponding with this to determine its species, 

 I subjoin here a description of Phoca barbata, 

 drawn up from a Greenland specimen in the same 

 collection, the form of the teeth being obtained from 

 other sources. 



The incisors, six in the upper, and four in the 

 lower jaw, are small and conical, the outer much 

 larger ; the canine teeth conical and slightly curved ; 

 the grinders in a direct series, with small intervals, 

 nearly uniform, having a large conical and two 

 small lateral points. The length of this individual 

 to the end of the tail is nine feet. The head is 

 rounded above, the muzzle broad and convex. On 

 the fore feet the first and fifth toes are equal, the 

 second and fourth much longer, the third longest. 



