Bearded Seal ; Gray Seal ; Hooded Seal 



male white or yellowish-white, with face black and a curved 

 black band on each side, meeting over the shoulders and 

 again above the tail. Female and young variously mottled. 

 First toe of forefoot (flipper) not longer than the second. 

 Range. Arctic seas to northern Atlantic and Pacific. 



Bearded Seal 



Erignathus barbatus (Fabricius) 



Length. 7 feet. 



Description. Gray above, darker along the middle of the back, 

 often more or less mottled. Young in the woolly stage gray. 

 The fact that the middle toes are the longest materially alters 

 the shape of the "flipper," and this fact, together with the 

 large size, will serve to readily identify this species. 



Range. Arctic seas to north Atlantic and Pacific, south to New- 

 foundland. 



Gray Seal 



Halichcerus gryptis (Fabricius) 



Length. 8 to 9 feet. 



Description. Flippers shaped as in the harbour seal, face two- 

 thirds instead of one-half the length o the head, bristles of 

 the cheeks curiously crenulated. Colour of adults silvery- 

 gray to nearly black, generally with black spots. 



Range. North Atlantic, south to Newfoundland and Great Britain. 



Hooded Seal 



Cystophora cristata (Erxleben) 



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Length. 7 feet. 



Description. Front teeth four above and two below instead of 

 six and four, as in all other true seals. Colour bluish-black 

 above, lighter beneath, varied with whitish spots. Some- 

 times light-grayish with dark spots. Young in woolly stage 

 pure white. Head of the male with a movable muscular 

 bag, extending from the nose to behind the ears. 



Range. Arctic seas, southward casually to the United States. 



This and the harp seal are Arctic species frequenting the 



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