GREY SEAL. 179 



been taken in the Severn, and now belongs to the 

 Bristol Institution ; it supplied the subject of Mr 

 Bell's wood-cut, whence our plate is taken. The 

 London specimen, described by Dr Parsons, was 

 seven and a half feet long, and was regarded as quite 

 young. On the abdomen there appeared to be four 

 mammae, whilst other species are stated to have only 

 two. The heart was long and flabby, with a 

 large foramen ovale. The most singular point noted, 

 however, is, " That, in the lower stomach, there 

 were about four pound weight of flinty pebbles, all 

 of which were sharp and angular, as if the animal 

 chose them for cutting the food."* 



Mr MacGillivray informs us that he has seen two 

 specimens of this Seal from Orkney, examined one 

 in Harris, and has reason to believe that it is not 

 uncommon in the Outer Hebrides. Mr Edmonston 

 also gives notice of its occurrence in Shetland.f 



The usual habitats assigned for this species by 

 continental writers are the northern shores of 

 Europe, and the coasts of Pomerania. 



Phil. Trans, vol. xlii. p. 383. 



f For some additional and valuable information, see Mi Mac- 

 Gillivray 's interesting account in Nat. Lib. Mam. vol. vii. p. 214. 



