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placed in the palatal bones, it being in the maxillary 

 bones in these species. There are 7 cervical, 15 

 dorsal, 5 lumbar, and 3 sacral vertebrae, as in the 

 Common Seal ; the caudal vertebrae 10, but some 

 are obviously wanting. The hind feet extend 13 

 inches beyond the tail. Of the fore toes, the first is 

 longest, (6^- inches,) the rest gradually decrease, ex- 

 cepting the third, which is nearly as short as the 

 fifth. Of the hind toes the first is longest, (10 

 inches,) the fifth next, (9^ ;) the second, third, and 

 fourth are nearly equal. In this skeleton the teeth 

 are imperfect ; but in a skull from Orkney, of which 

 the lower jaw is wanting, they are complete and un- 

 worn. The incisors of the upper jaw are very deep, 

 somewhat conical, and obtuse, the lateral very large ; 

 the canine conical and curved ; the grinders distant 

 from each other, direct, conical, compressed, with 

 an anterior and a posterior shoulder, but no pro- 

 cess or lobe. The four incisors of the lower jaw 

 smaller, but similar ; the canine conical ; the first 

 grinder conical, as is the second ; the rest a little 

 compressed, and all with a slight prominence or 

 shoulder anteriorly and posteriorly. The first 

 grinder in both jaws has a single root, the others 

 two; the last grinder in the upper jaw is more 

 distant, and all the grinders and canine teeth are 

 faintly grooved on their outer surface. 



The Grey Seal is said to attain a length of eight 

 or ten feet, and to vary much in colour, but gener- 

 ally to be of a yellowish-grey, marked with dusky 

 spots, sometimes faint, but occasionally very dis- 



