MACQUARIE ISLAND SEAL. 



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presented to the Zoological Society. They were driven 

 into a narrow creek, their escape was cut off, and they 

 were then captured by means of thick nets. 



The quality of the skin of this Seal was no doubt 

 good. The colour is yellowish-grey in the males, with 

 yellowish-white chest, brown belly, and darker grizzly 

 back. The females, and young animals, are light yellow- 

 grey, almost white. When the new growth appears, the 



males are very yellow, and have little or no fur, except 

 on the back, where it is ver}' dense. The flippers are 

 shorter than tliose of the Otavia juhata. 



The ej'es are dark brown and limpid ; they are round, 

 and easily moved in their sockets, thus enabling the 

 Seal to see under water. The ears are rather short, as 

 in the (Jtaria juhata, and probably all the other species 



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