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APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



innmnmlia — the Cetacea and Sira- 

 Ilia (whales, dolphins, ])orp()ises, 

 manatees, &c.) — their bodies jire 

 more or less iish-like in general 

 form, and their limbs are trans- 

 formed into swimminji' or<ians. As 

 their name inii»lies. they are tin- 

 footed. Generally speaking-, the 

 body may be compared to two 

 cones joined basally. I'nlike the 

 other marine mammals, the pinni- 

 peds are all well clothed with hair, 

 while several of them have under- 

 neath the exterior coarser hair a 

 thick, soft, silky nnder-fnr. In 

 contrasting them with the ordi- 

 nary or terrestrial mammals, we 

 note that the body is only excep- 

 tionally raised, and the limbs are 

 contined within the common inter- 

 nment to beyond the knees and 

 elbows, and are hence to only a 

 slight degree serviceable for ter- 

 restrial locomotion. — (Op. cit.,p.l.) 

 "The existing pinnipeds contain 

 three very distinct minor groups 

 or families, ditfering quite widely 

 froM) each other in imi)ortant char- 

 acters: these are the walruses or 

 OiJobaeuida', the eared seal or Otar- 

 ida', and the earless seals or Fho- 



eidw " 



124 After stating that the first 



two groups are the more 

 nearly allied, and that the rhocidce 

 may be contrasted with these, being 

 the lowest group, Professor Allen 

 adds: "The limb structure, the 

 mode of life, and the whole econ- 

 omy are essentially the same in the 

 two groups'- (p. 2). 



2. North raciric Fur- Seal. 



Compare also, on "the trne 

 home'' of the fur-seal passage 

 quoted below fi"om p. 405. 



2. KortJi Pacinc Fur-Seal. 



"Habitat — shores of the Xortli 

 Pacific from California and Japan 

 (Peters) northward" (p. 210). 



3. "Except during the season of 

 reproduction these animals appear 

 to lead a wandering life, but the 

 extent and direction of their migra- 



" Habitat — the islands in Beh- 

 ring Sea, at present chiefiy the 

 Pribylotf and Commander Islands, 

 migrating southward in winter 

 along the American coast to Cali- 

 fornia, and along the Asiatic coast 

 to the Kurile Islands" (p. 372, 

 Appendix I). 



o. "The true home of the fur- 

 seals of the eastern waters of the 

 North Pacific and Behring Sea is 

 the Pribyloff group of islauds in 



