16 SEALS, 



intermediate in this respect between that genus and Ommato- 

 phoca. 



Mr. Swainson, in 1832, applied the name of Leptonyx to a 

 genus of birds ; and in 1837, the same name to a second : but 

 the former had before been named Pteroptychos, and the latter 

 Coryphospiea, so that the name may still be used for the Seal. 



Inhab. Antarctic Ocean. 



Leptonyx, Gray, Mag. N. H. 1836 ; Zool. Voy. Erebus fy Terror, 

 Mamm. ; not Swainson. 



1. LEPTONYX WEDDELLII. FALSE SEA LEOPARD. 



Fulvous, with the front of the back, and a line down the back, 

 blackish grey ; whiskers brown, tapering. 



Female and young blackish grey above ; sides with a series of 

 longitudinal yellowish spots. 



Phoca Leopardina, Jameson, Weddell, Voy. South Pole, 22, 24, 



134. t. , not good ; Spec. Mus. Edin. 



Sea Leopard, or Leopard Seal, Weddell, Voy. S.Pole, i. 22, 134. 

 Otaria? Weddellii, Lesson, Bull. Sci. Nat. vii. 343, 438. 

 Stenorhynchus Weddellii, Lesson, Mamm. 200. 

 Leopard Seal, Hamilton, Nat. Lib. 183. t. 12 (from Capt. Wed- 



dell's specimen). 

 Leptonyx Weddellii, Gray, Mag. N. Hist. 1836; Zool. Voy. 



Erebus Terror, t. 5, animal, t. 6, skull. 

 Inhab. Antarctic Ocean. South Orkney, Weddell. 



a, b. Skin. Adult. Stuffed. Santa Cruz. Capt. Fitzroy, 

 R.N., 1833. 



The specimens described as Leptonyx Weddellii, Gray, Mag. 

 N.H. 1836; Cat.Osteol Spec. B.M. 31. 



N. B. When this species was first described, I thought it was 

 the Leopard Seal of Weddell. I was afterwards induced to 

 believe that I was mistaken, as the name Sea Leopard was ap- 

 plied by the Whalers to Stenorhynchus Leptonyx ; but it would 

 appear that they used the same name for the two Seals, for I 

 have convinced myself, by examining the teeth of Weddell's spe- 

 cimen in the Museum of the University of Edinburgh, that my 

 first opinion was correct. 



c. Skin. Stuffed. Small. Antarctic Sea. Presented by the 

 Lords of the Admiralty, from the ' Zool. of the Erebus and Ter- 

 ror.' Specimen described and figured in ' Zool. Erebus and 

 Terror.' 



d. Skull. River Santa Cruz, East coast of Patagonia. Pre- 

 sented by Capt. Fitzroy. 



Skull of specimen. 



