10 pEILE. THE SEAL TRIBE. 



* With Nails or Claws. 

 2. Two, six, or ten front-teeth, and two canine-teeth in each jaw, 



ORDER II. FERJE. 



None of the animals of the second Liniiean order, BRUTA, are native 

 inhabitants of the British islands. 



Upper front teeth six in number, and somewhat sharp- 

 pointed : one canine- tooth on each side of both jaws. 



THE SEAL TRIBE. Upper front-teeth six, sharp- 

 pointed, parallel to each other, the two outermost larger 

 than the rest : lower front teeth somewhat blunt, parallel, 

 distinct, and equal : tusks, one on each side of both jaws, 

 twice the length of the front teeth, the upper ones distant 

 from the front teeth, the lower ones from the grinders: 

 grinders five on each side above, and six below, narrow 

 and tricuspidate : no external ears : hind-feet extending 

 backwards, and connected together or fettered. PHOCA. 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. GmeL gen. n. i. p. 62. 



Head., generally short, and muzzle broad . Body thickest 

 about the shoulders, and from thence tapering gradually to 

 the tail. W.B. 



6. THE COMMON SEAL. No external ears, neck smooth, 

 the body dark colourecj. Pho'ca vitulina. Linn. 



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