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g. Teeth, very young. Houtman's Abrolhos, Australia. From 

 Mr. Gould's Collection. 



h. Stuffed skin of adult. Black, forehead and crown pale yel- 

 lowish. N. W. Australia. Presented by Capt. Sir George Grey, 

 K.C.B. 



i. Skull of h. Adult, very rugose, very like skull adult of Ota- 

 ria Leonina, but the palate is short and much contracted be- 

 hind, the teeth more lobed, and with a tubercular ridge below, 

 like the younger skulls. N.W. Australia. Presented by Capt 

 Sir George Grey, K.C.B. 



5. ARCTOCEPHALUS AUSTRALIS. 



The flaps to the hind-toes moderate ; grey, with yellow reflec- 

 tions ; head, cheeks, and side of muzzle whitish, beneath fulvous ; 

 neck thick ; limbs beneath blackish ; whiskers strong, flat, white. 

 Otaria australis, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Mam. 9. t. 10-14 ; 



Nilsson, Vet. Akad. Hand. 1837 ; Fauna Scand. ; Wiegm. 



Arch. vii. 322. 

 Inhab. South coast of Australia, " King George's Sound," Quoy. 



Most probably the same as the former. 



6. ARCTOCEPHALUS HOOKERI. 



Flaps of the hinder toes elongate, unequal, of the outer toes 

 on each side longest: canines moderate : pale yellowish. 



Canines slender, conical : grinders small, conical, smooth, with- 

 out any tubercles at the base; the two front smaller; the 3rd 

 and 4th with a single lobe in front ; the 5th with a lobe in front 

 and behind : whiskers round, very thick, black or whitish, smooth, 

 not waved, hinder largest : fur brown grey, slightly grisled, pale, 

 nearly white beneath ; hair short, close-pressed, rather slender, 

 flattened, black with whitish tips, the tips becoming larger in the 

 underpart of the sides : feet reddish or blackish ; front claws 

 small, rudimentary ; hind claws 5, the 2nd and 3rd largest, the 

 4th and the 5th and then the 1st smallest; toes moderate ; mem- 

 brane of the toes elongate, longer than the toes, the outer one 

 broadest and largest, the rest nearly equal. 



Arctocephalus Hookeri, Gray, Voy. Erebus fy Terror, t. ; 



Cat. Osteol Spec. B. M. 33. 

 Hair Seal, Weddell, 141 ? 

 Inhab. Falkland Islands and Cape Horn, 



a. Skin, stuffed. Falkland Islands, 



b. Skin, stuffed, with teeth. Falkland Islands. 



c. Skeleton, full-grown. Falkland Islands. Antarctic Expe- 

 dition. Presented by the Admiralty. 



Skull figured Zool. Voy. Erebus - Terror, t. . 



