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THE SEA-LION OF PERNETTY. 



PLATE XIX. 



O:aria Pernetti, Less. Platyr. Leoninus. F. Cuv. O Jubata, Des. 

 380. O. Leonina, Peron, Sea-Liot of Pernetty. 



WE now come to the Sea- Lion of Pernetty, and if 

 any credit is to be attached to the drawings of For- 

 ster, as published by Buffon, we think there can be 

 little doubt that Forster's Lion is a different animal 

 from the present. Even before we had examined the 

 valuable specimen, from which our representation is 

 taken, we were disposed to regard Pernetty's Lion as 

 distinct from the other. We draw this inference from 

 Pernetty 's own description and plate. This de- 

 scription will be immediately given ; and we shall 

 here only note that he expressly says " II y a 

 plusieurs sortes des Lions marine,"* and this after 

 setting apart the Sea-Elephant, and the Sea-Bear, 

 which comes next under review. With regard to 

 Lib. s. cit. ii. 28. 



