HOODED SEAL. 



Phoca Cristata. P. capite antice cristate, carport griseo. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. GmeL p. 64. 



Grey Seal, with a folding skinny crest on the forehead. 

 Hooded Seal. Pennant ^uadr. p. 279. 



THIS is distinguished by a strong folded skin 

 on the forehead, which it can, at pleasure, fling 

 over the eyes and nose, to defend them against 

 stones and sand in stormy weather. Its hair is 

 white, with a thick coat of black woolly hair be- 

 neath, which makes the animal appear of a fine 

 grey. It inhabits only the south of Greenland 

 and Newfoundland ; and in the latter is called the 

 Hooded Seal. The hunters affirm that they can- 

 not kill it till they remove the hooded skin or 

 covering of the head. 



HARP SEAL. 



Phoca Groenlandica. P. capite Ia<vi inauriculato, corpore griseo, la- 

 teribui luna nigra. Lin. Syst. Nat. GmeL p. 64. 



Earless grey Seal, with a black dorsal crescent, the horns point- 

 ing downwards along the sides. 



Harp Seal. Pennant Quadr.p. 279. 



THE Harp Seal is of a clumsy and inelegant 

 form ; the head seeming to join the body without 

 the appearance of any neck ; the snout is rather 

 pointed : the general colour of the animal is whit- 

 ish or grey, with a very large and somewhat irre- 



