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THE ROUGH OR BRISTLED SEAL. 



Ph. Hispidus. SCHRIBER. 

 PLATE VIIL 



SPECIFIC CHAEACTERS Molars somewhat more simple 



than those of the vitulina; head more depressed ; posterior 

 margin of palate deeply notched. 



Phoca Hispida, Schreb. Calocepbalus Hispidus, F. Cuv. Ph. 

 Faetida, Fab. Desuu No. 377, Neitsek Cr. Buff. Rough Seal, 

 Pen. 



THIS Seal, which has been long catalogued in the 

 works of Systematists, seems to have been accurately 

 defined and known, though to a considerable extent 

 obscured by the confusion which involves the whole 

 subject. After Crantz, it was next described by 

 Fabricius with his usual accuracy and care, and his 

 account was soon put into an English dress by 

 Pennant, in his Arctic Zoology, under the name of 



