186 LEOPARD SEAL. 



Feet. In. Li. 

 Total length (over the back) from tip of snout 



totipoftail 9 10 



Length of tail 2 5 



From snout to anterior edge of the base of fore- 

 paw 350 



From base of posterior margin of fore-paw to the 



tip of the tail 640 



From base of one fore-paw to base of the other 



across the back 310 



Circumference at upper part of the nee k 1 11 



round the bodj, broadest part 640 



above -the tail 230 



Length of fore-paw, round anterior margin 110 



posterior margin 980 



Greatest breadth of fore-paw 4 10 



Greatest length of posterior extremity 156 



Greatest breadth, toes being extended 140 



Breadth at base of the foot 4 6 



Distance between inner angles of the eyes 036 



angle of the mouth, and tip of 



lower jaw 040 



The only habitats mentioned by Captain Weddell 

 are the South Orkneys and Shetland, and of its ha- 

 bits, &c., he says nothing. 



The learned and able author of the Manuel de 

 Mammologie has designated the Sea-Leopard an 

 Otary, without assigning any reason for doing so, 

 but probably misled by an analogy connected with 

 the position of the fore-paws. We need scarcely add, 

 this is a mistake. The acute author of the article 

 Phoque, in the Diet. Classique, again, makes this 

 same Seal synonymous with the Long-necked Seal 

 of Parsons the Longicollis of Grew, subsequently 

 alluded to by Pennant, Shaw, Desmarest, Cuvier, 

 &c. By turning to our account of the Fur Seal, 



