Dr. J. E. Gray on Seals. 345 



Section I. Cutting-teeth |, lower conical ; land toes clmoed. 

 Tribe 1. Phocina. The front grinder in each jaw single-, 

 not, as the rest, two-rooted. Head narrow in front. 

 Muffle bald, callous, and with a central erect groove be- 

 tween the nostrils. 



r. Muzzle broad, whiskers smooth ; third finger longest. 



Skull : face large, forehead convex, palate arched 



behind. Lower jaw strong, ramiserial angle under 



the front of the condyle ; teeth small, compressed, 



far a])art. 



Phoca, Gray, Cat. S. & W. 31, f. 10. 



II. Muzzle conical, whiskers waved ; first finger longest. 



Skull tapering in front ; forehead flat ,• face small. 



* LoAver jaw strong, ramiserial angle in a line rather 



in front of the condyle ; teeth thick, conical, lobed. 



Paffojy/iihis, Gray, ibid. 25, f. 8. Hinder end of 



palate truncated. 

 Halicyon, Gray, ibid. 27, f. 9. Hinder end of 



palate arched. 

 Callocej^halus, Gray, ibid. 21, f. 7. Hinder end 

 of palate angular. 

 ** Lower jaw weak, ramus sloping, angle in front of 

 the process in front of the condyle ; teeth small, 

 separate, compressed and lobed, especially in the 

 lower jaw. 



Pagomys^ Gray, ibid. 22. Hinder end of palate 

 angular. 

 Tribe 2. HALiciitERiXA. The grinders all single-rooted, ex- 

 cept the two liinder of the upper and the hindmost of the 

 lower jaw. Head broad, square in front ; muzzle large, 

 tnmcate ; muffle hairy to the edge and between the nos- 

 trils ; whiskers waved. 



HalichoeruSy Gray, ibid. 33, f. 11. North Sea. 



Section II. Cutting-teeth \. Muffle hairy to the edge and 

 between the nostrils. 

 Tribe 3. Monachina. Lower cutting-teeth notched on the 

 inner side ; the first grinder in each jaw single-rooted, 

 the rest two-rooted. 



MonachuSj Gray, ibid. 18, f. 6. 



Tribe 4. Lobodontina. Cutting-teeth concave ; grinders 

 deeply and immensely lobed ; the first, second, and third 

 upper and the first lower grinder one-rooted, the rest two- 

 rooted. Hinder claw small, Mufilc hairy. 



Lobodon, Gray, i/>id. 9, f. 2 (skull). Lower jaw 

 with angle beneath the condyles. Antarctic bea. 

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