12 FERJE. TITE SEAL TRIBE. 



Le Phoque commun. Buff. Sonn. xxxiv. p. 68, tab. C 2. 

 fig. 2. Cuv. tab. Element, p. 171. 



Common Seal. Perm. Brit. Zool. i. p. 137, tab. 37. 

 Shiw's Gen. Zool. i. p. 257, tab. 70. Kerr, p. 123. 

 Smellie's Buffon, vii. p. 336, tab. 148. Bing. Anim. 

 Biog. 3d Edit. i. p. 184. 



7. THE PIED SEAL. No external ears, neck smooth, 

 middle toe of each fore-foot shorter than any of the others, 

 hind-teet lunated, body dark variegated with white. Phoca 

 bicolor. Shaw. 



The length of a Pied Seal described by M. de Buffon, in one of the 

 supplementary volumes of his work, was 7 feet: thegirth round the 

 shoulders 5 feet; and at the tail 1| feet. The eyes were large, and 

 of a brown colour. The auditory holes were each about a line in 

 diameter. The whiskers were very thick and strong, somewhat re- 

 sembling the softer bones of fish. Of the five toes of the fore-feet y the 

 middle one was the shortest, and the two outer ones were the 

 longest. The nails were black and somewhat curved. Of the 

 hind-feet the middle toe was likewise the shortest. These feet were 

 thick and fleshy by the sides of the animal, slender towards the mid- 

 dle, and jagged along their edges. The nails had been all chafed 

 off. The tail was about four inches long, and at the upper part 

 about three inches in breadth. 



The luiir was very short, thick, and bright, of a brown colour, mix- 

 ed with grey, particularly on the head and neck, which appeared 

 almost as if spotted. On the belly there was a large white mark, 

 extending from the flanks, and terminating behind in a point. 

 BUFFON. 



A Pied Seal described by Mr. Pennant had its nose taper and 

 lengthened. The toes of the fore-feet were very distinct; and the 

 nails of the hinder ones extended to the margin of the membrane, 

 which, when stretched out, was somewhat crescent shaped. 



The general colour of this animal was black, with the hind part of 



the 



