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THE LEOPARD SEAL. 



Ph. Leopardina. JAMESON. 

 PLATE XII. 



Phoca Leopardina, Professor Jameson. Leopard Seal of Wed- 

 dell. Otaria? and Stenorhyncus Weddellii, Less. 



WE feel happy that we can present to the student 

 of Zoology a correct delineation of this very pecu- 

 liar and curious-looking Seal, taken from an excel- 

 lent specimen in the Edinburgh Royal Museum, 

 presented by Captain Weddell, who captured it in 

 the Southern Ocean. We believe it is the only spe- 

 cimen in Britain, or in Europe, and, with the excep- 

 tion of the representation given in Captain Wed- 

 dell's " Voyage towards the South Pole," is the only 

 published one ; so that it is so far new in the Re- 

 pository of Natural history. 



The very scanty information supplied by Captain 

 Weddell, embraced in the few lines following, we 

 shall now lay before the reader. " Having seen 

 some Sea-Leopards on shore, (on the South Ork- 



