^o Soiitiicni Cross. 



uirMwu ..^ crlnanl rn.iu tlu; ' Ikhjka! Mr. Bruce too states that " the 



r.ii-iiin i-* also .Mcjisioiially the victim of the Seal, and I have 



r ■ihI m4.iu',s ill their stomachs. These stones are probably part of the 



,il i-ollcction which the penguins arc accustomed to carry 



,t with t In-Ill. Nemat<Kh3 worms were almost invariably present 

 in the sloninclis." 



Tlu'fv ran Ih' little iloubt that the formidable dental armature of 

 ill is finds its use, as I have already suggested, in the capture 



of |.r. . Ml ;i stouter character than that which suits the more 

 iiu»i»T.4l4* appetite <if Lohotlon. and Ommatoi^hoca. 



Mr. Bruce stales that while " all the Seals were obtained from 

 the i»ack-ice, in bluest and clearest water," the Leopard-Seal 

 frw|Ufnti'<l " the outermost streams, and was most frequently found 



Iv, hut .sometimes in pairs or threes, on one piece of ice." That 

 it occasionally occurs on the pack-ice in very great numbers is 



'••nt from the statement of Mr. Bruce that " on the last day of 



itig we were among a great host of the larger Sea-Leopards, and 

 ... .\- v>. ••'•■• returning to the sliip they were moaning loudly," 



L '/ appearand. —The Leopard-Seal justly deserves its 



name, since it bears more spots upon its body than any other 



HiM-cies of Seal. In the single specimen brought liome by the 



^ (hrrn Cross ' the spots extend all over the body, and Dr. llacovitza 



that the colour of the coat is " gris fence, mouchete de taches 



JiiUll' 



'liie animal Is, moreover, readily distinguishaljle by tlie great 

 sijte of its elongated body. The longest measured by Mr. Bruce 

 att.iin.'d i4» a length of over 13 feet (= 3900 millimetres) and the 

 .;aiiie<l the name of *' serpent " from the sailors. 



Tlie niiiglo siKicinuMi brought home by the ' Southern Gross ' was 

 immature. The <limensions of the flat skin were as follows : — 



ft. iu. ""•'"- 



•!• 1 1 t 1 i- metres. 



IiiUl Iciiv'tli na'ai4iir«i«l from tip of nose to end of tail (J ur 1800 



:..-lii|.|KTs . . . . 5 „ 125 



}• l-^TH iiiwiMircd along outer ctlge , 1 1 „ 400 

 .a-iiilii>fr» 111. asurwl along cetitre to 



' 'J-5 „ 247 



HipiHrrs were in each case completely clothed with hair. 



pro] .ortionately narrower and longer than those 

 ••: •r.ntr ui uie other Antarctic species. There are live claws 



"" " ''^"" "" I '""1*^ And only one rudimentary claw. 



^^ in regard t<.. ihe number and size of the 



