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THE BEARDED, OR GREAT SEAL. 



Phoca barbata. 

 PLATE V, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. Muzzle large ; lips tumid. 

 Third toe of the fore-feet longer than the others ; fur 

 dark coloured ; teats four. Incisor teeth small and conical , 

 the outer the larger ; canine teeth conical and slightly 

 curved ; grinders in a direct series , with small intervals 

 nearly uniform t having a large conical, and two small la- 

 teral points. 9 



Phoca barbata, Fab. Mul. Cuv. Desm. (No. 378.) Calocephalus 

 barbatus, F. Cuv. Urksuk of Crantz. Great Seal, Pen. 

 Le Grand Phoque, Buff. Haaf fish ? of North of Scotland. 



As we are not aware that any authentic representa- 



This description of the teeth is derived from Mr MacGillivray 

 in Nat. Lib. vii. 213. 



