783 The Zoologist — June, 1807. 



upper lip to nostrils, and small eyes set fur back andjhigh in the bead. Few of tbe 

 measurements are given, for tbe seal being stuffed they are not to be depended on. 



Length, inclusive of tail (which is 4^ inches) 

 Round the lower part of the neck - 

 Circumference of body below the shoulders - 



„ of posterior part 



From upper lip to nostril - 

 Fore leg and foot - 

 Claw or nail of first toe, longest - 

 Hind leg -----_ 

 Claw of first toe, longest - - - 



Bristles, longest ----- 

 Teeth, upper jaw: incisors - 6 Lower jaw 4 



„ molars - 10 „ 10 



„ cauines -2 „ 2 



Total 18 16 



The jaw is about 3^ inches deep : the incisors small, excepting the exterior ones of 

 the upper jaw, which are elongated. The bristles are of a light brown colour, and 

 somewhat flattened. Ground colour grayish white, with a decided yellowish tinge: 

 the upper parts more or less marked with dark and light brown spots, varying greatly 

 both in size and shape: they are darkest on the anterior part of tbe back, but most 

 numerous towards the shoulders, where they become almost blended. The lower part 

 of back and sides more sparsely and indistinctly marked, becoming almost obliterated 

 towards the belly, which is of a dull yellowish white. The head has a brownish central 

 line, expanding at the crown, or rather nape, for the head is flattened, and has, as well 

 as the back, a strong bluish tinge. There is a semicircular patch of dusky brown 

 spots round the shoulders. Head long; body tapering or cone-shaped; forehead 

 obtuse ; legs very short, and mole-like ; feet of great size and width ; the grinders are 

 from one-tenth to three-twentieths of an inch apart. The canine-like molars of this 

 young seal, being so highly developed, leads me to believe that its powers of tearing 

 and masticating must be very great, and it therefore preys on the larger fish. The head 

 being so flattened and elongated, it must be inferior to the common and the Greenland 

 seal in intelligence.— Henry Hadfield ; Ventnor, Isle of Wight, May 15, 1867. 



[I am much obliged for this explanation ; I think there is no doubt about the 

 former name being an error, and I think also that it is most desirable that all such 

 errors should be rectified as speedily as possible. — Edward Newman.'] 



Vari-coloured Eyes in the Dog and the Horse. — I saw a very curious circumstance 

 in an old "collie" dog, or rather a mongrel shepherd's dog, the other day. I was 

 crossing Windsor Bridge, when I saw tbe dog walking towards me, and I was 

 surprised to see it had one eye deep brown, and one very light blue. I went up to its 

 owner and questioned him concerning the dog. The man told me the dog was born 

 with one eye blue and one deep brown, and never was in the least blind. His 

 mother was a greyhound and his father a mongrel, I think, and their eyes were of 

 the usual colour. But his grandmother was (as the man said) "chany-eyed," that is, 

 one eye blue and one brown. Might not this peculiarity have passed over one 



