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GENUS PELAG1US. 



We now proceed to the Genus Pelagius of M. F. Cuv t er 

 which he states differs from his former genera more than they 

 differ from each other. The head, instead of having the short 

 snout of the former, or the slender snout of the latter, has one 

 which is broad as well as elongated at its extremity, with an 

 arched chaufrin. The teeth are the same in number with those 

 of the Leptonyx, but tneir form is different. The upper incisors 

 are indented transversely at their edge, so that the lower inci 

 sors, which are simple, fill up these indentations when the jaws 

 are shut. The molars are thick and conical, and have only very 

 minute rudimentary points, in front and behind. There is but 

 one ascertained species, which is 



THE MONK SEAL. 



Ph. Monachus HERMANN. 

 PLATE XIII. 



Phoca Monachus, Hermann,* Gmel. Desm. No. 372. Pelagius 

 Monachus, F. Cuv. White-bellied Seal, Buff. Cuv. 



BARON CUVIER remarks that, after the Common Seal, 



Mem. d'Hist. Nat. de Berlin, t. iv. 



