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THE HARP, OR GREENLAND SEAL. 



Ph. Groenlandica. MUL. 



PLATE VII. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS Molars arranged in a straight 

 line, with a small interval between them ; anterior tubercle 

 obsolete ; posterior margin of palate-bones almost directly 

 transverse. 



Ph. Gromlandica, Mul. Fab. Desm. (No. 576,) Calocephalus 

 Grcenlandicus, F. Cuv. Less. Identified by Baron Cuvier 

 with the Ph. Oceanica of Lepechin. Attersoak of Crantz. 

 Semilunaris Boddrert ; Crescent Seal of Buff. Harp Seal and 

 Half- Moon Seal of Pen. Shaw, and Newfoundland Hunters. 



BY glancing at the synonyms, it will be observed 

 that Muller, Fabricius, and Crantz, are the principal 

 authorities for this Seal. Crantz states that it is 

 nearly nine feet long, which, judging from the ac- 

 counts of the far more accurate Fabricius, is a great 

 exaggeration. He adds, it is almost wholly of a 



