FERJS. THE SEAL TRIBE. IS 



the head, the throat, and neck white, and a white spot behind each 

 fore-leg. PENNANT'S QUADRUPEDS. 



This, the only individual ever remarked in Great-Britain, was 

 caught in the river Dee, near Chester, in 1766. 



Phoca nigra inauriculata, albo vana, naso elongate^ 

 pedibus posterioribus lunatis. Phoca bicolor. Shaw's Gen. 

 Zool. i:p. 254, tab. 70. 



Le Phoque a 'centre bltonc. BufF. Sonn. xxxiv. p. 54, 

 tab. 1, fig. 1. 



Pied Seal. Penn. Quadr. ii. p. 273. Shaw's Gen. 

 Zool. i. p. 254, tab. 70, 71. 



The Seal. Bew. Quad. 5th edit. p. 505. 



8. THE GREAT SEAL. No external ears, head smooth, 

 body blackish. Phoca barbata. Linn. 



Length, from ten to twelve feet. Weight sometimes exceeding 

 SOlb. Head somewhat elongated and smooth. Muzzle broad ; 

 lips loose. Whiskers long ; the bristles strong, horny, . flexile, pellu- 

 cid, and not waved, as in the Common Seal. Auditory holes large. 

 Eyes large, but not prominent : pupils blackish and circular: irides 

 brown. Tongue bifid at the tip. Fore-feet long, the middle toe 

 longer, and the inner toe shorter than any of the rest* Skin extremely 

 thick. 



The young animals have tolerably close set hair; but the old ones 

 are generally naked. The colour varies with their age. The young 

 ones are dark on the upper parts, and white below : they next be- 

 come blackish all over: the back then attains a lighter celour; and 

 in old age they are entirely black. FAUNA GROENLANDICA. 



Not very uncommon about the northern coast ef Scotland. 



Phoca capite Icevi inauriculato, corpore nigricante. 

 Phoca barbata. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. i. p. 65. 

 Erxleben. Syst. regn. animal, gen. 64, sp. 8, p. 590. 



Phoca pedibus anticis manus hominis referentibus pollice 



breviore 



