396 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



Greenland or Harp Seal {Phoca gra^nlanclica, Fabr.). 



It is gratifying to be able to remove the square brackets 

 from this species. During the winter of 1902-1903 a 

 distinct southern movement of this and other boreal seals 

 took place, some of the animals finding their way to the east 

 coast of Scotland. On 7th March 1903, a fine Harp Seal, a 

 male, 6 feet in length, was captured alive on a " slag " bank at 

 Grangemouth, in the upper estuary of the Forth, and sent to 

 the Zoological Gardens, Glasgow, where it died on 9th April. 

 It was presented to the Kelvingrove Museum, where its 

 stuffed skin may now be seen (see record by Mr J. 

 MacNaught Campbell, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1903, p. 243). 



According to Mr Millais {Mammals of Gt. Brit, and Irel., 

 vol. i., 1904, p. 347) another (smaller and a female) was 

 secured a few days later close to the same place, and sent to 

 the Zoological Gardens, London ; but there appears to have 

 been some doubt as to the species, for Mr Pocock informs 

 me it was variously identified at the Gardens as " Common," 

 " Grey," and " Harp." ^ Allusion may be made to the fact 

 that a Harp Seal, now in the Perth Museum, was caught in 

 Invergowrie Bay, Firth of Tay, on 6th September 1895 

 {Proc. Perthsh. Soc. Nat. Sci., vol. ii. p. xciv.). 



The figure is from a sketch of the Grangemouth specimen 

 mentioned above. 



^ Since the above was written I have communicated with Mr Millais, who 

 tells me he twice saw this seal alive at the Zoological Gardens, and feels 

 nearly certain it was an immature Harp Seal. 



