I 82 SMALL-NAILED SEAL. 



the cranium had been taken was caught by a whaler 

 at New Georgia.* 



Finally, M. Hauville presented his specimen to 

 the Museum of the Jar din des Plants at Paris, where 

 it fell under the examination of Baron Cuvier. He 

 minutely states that it was seven feet long, and the 

 head ten inches : all the upper parts of the body are 

 dark grey, somewhat tinged with yellow ; the yellow 

 colour gradually predominates on the sides, owing 

 to the presence of a great number of small yellow 

 spots ; whilst the flanks, the under part of the body, 

 the feet, and a portion immediately over the eyes, 

 are of a pale greyish-yellow colour. This speci- 

 men, which has supplied our plate,f was brought 

 from the Falkland Isles. 



We are not aware that a single fact respecting 

 the Natural History of this species has been sup- 

 plied ; and, accordingly, we proceed to the only 

 other known species of this genus, viz. 



Phil. Trans. 1822. 



t Diet, des Scien. Nat pi 44. 



