SEALS. 



17 



Pre- 



e. Skull. River Santa Cruz, East coast of Patagonia, 

 sented by Capt. Fitzroy. 



Skull of specimen. 



/. Skull. Antarctic Seas. Antarctic Expedition. Presented 

 by the Admiralty. 



The skull figured ' Zool. Erebus and Terror/ t. . 



g. Skull. Antarctic Seas. Antarctic Expedition. Presented 

 by the Admiralty. 



4. MONACHUS. 



Skull broad, depressed behind; muzzle short, broad, orbits 

 large ; grinders small, conical, " thick, with a small anterior and 

 posterior lobe ; " lower jaw broad, with a distinct posterior angle ; 

 " upper cutting teeth transversely notched." 



Inhab. Mediterranean. 



Monachus, Fleming, Phil. Zool. ii. 187, 1822 ; Nilsson, Vet. Akad. 



Hand. 1837, 235. 

 Pelagios (Pelage), F. Cuv. Mem. Mus. xi. 193, 196. t. 13, 1827; 



Gray, Zool. Erebus fy Terror, Mamm. 3. 

 Pelagius, F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. lix. 463, 1829 ; Fischer, Syn. 



Mamm. 230 ; Wiegmann, Arch. vii. 308 ; Nilsson, Vet. Akad. 



Handl. 1837, 235; Scand. Fauna, xx. t. 



Fig. 5. 



Monachus albiventer. Skull. From Cuvier, Oss. Foss. 



