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ing lines, which sometimes forms rings—Ph. annellata, Nils., Thie- 
nem., pl. ix—xii; Ph. foetida, Fabr*., &c. 
A species more easily recognised is the 
Ph. groenlandica, and P. oceanica; Kged. Groenl. fig. A, p. 62; 
Lepechin, Act. Petrop. I, part I. pl. vi—vii.; Thieneman, pl. xiv 
—xxi. (The Harp Seal). Yellowish grey, spotted with brown when 
young, afterwards marked by an oblique black or brown scarf on each 
flank; the head of the old male is black; length five feet. From 
the whole north of the globe. 
Ph. barbata, Fabr.; Thienem., pl.i—iv. (The Bearded Seal). 
From the north, and surpasses all the preceding ones in its size, 
which is from seven to eight feet: it is grey; browner above, with a 
longitudinal blackish line that forms a sort of cross upon the chanfrin. 
Its mustachios are thicker and stronger than the others. 
Ph, leucopla, Thienem., pl. xiii. (The White-nailed Seal). Is 
of a yellowish grey. 
Ph. lagura, Cuv. (The Hare-tailed Seal). Has the tail white 
and woolly, &c.+. 
Srenoruincus, Fred. Cuv. 
Four incisors above, and four below, the molars deeply notched into 
three points. 
One species only is known, and that is from the Austral seas— 
Ph, leptonix, Blain. Size of the barbata; greyish above; yellowish 
beneath; nails small. 
Peacus, Fred. Cuv. 
Four incisors also, above and belew, but their grinders are obtuse cones, 
with a slightly marked heel before and behind. There is one of them in 
the Mediterranean. 
Ph. monachus Gm.; Buff. Supp. VI. pl. xiiit. (The Monk). 
From ten to twelve feet in length, of a blackish brown, with a white 
belly. It is particularly found among the Grecian and Adriatic 
Islands, and is, most probably, the species best known to the antients. 
StemMatoprus, Fred. Cuv. 
Four superior incisors, and two inferior; grinders compressed, slightly 
trilobate, supported by thick roots. Such is the 
Ph. cristata, Gm.; Phoca leonina, Fabr.; Eged. Groenl., pl. vi.; 
Dekay, New York Lyc. I, pl. vii. (The Hooded Seal). Seven or 
eight feet long; a piece of loose skin on the head, which can be in- 
flated at the pleasure of the animal, and is drawn over the eyes when 
* Itis one of those represented by Fr. Cuv. under the name of ‘‘ Phoque commun.” 
t I only wish to mention those species which I consider sufficiently ascertained. 
The long catalogues of the Phocz, recently published, seem to me to multiply them 
a great deal too much. 
+ It is the same individual described by Hermann, Soc. des Nat. de Berl. IV. xii, 
xiii, under the name of monarchus. 
