3334 Tur ZooLocist—DEcEMBER, 1872. 
The Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata), which is an arctic seal, 
found in Hudson’s Bay, Greenland, &c. A young animal is 
said to have occurred in a living state at Ipswich, and another on 
the west coast of France; but I suspect they were both accidental 
visitors, and most probably escaped from some vessel coming from 
the North Seas. 
I have given the characters of all the species, both native and 
accidental visitors, that students may be able to make out the 
species should an “odd seal” occur. They are named as in the 
‘Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum,’ 8vo, 1866, 
with woodcuts, and the ‘Supplement,’ 1871, both sold at a very 
low price. 
Fore feet of Seals. Hind feet of Seals. 
PHOCIDA. 
Muffle hairy on the edge, and between the nostrils. Ears 
without any conch, merely a small aperture. Arms and 
legs very short; wrist very short. Toes subequal, arched, 
exserted. Hind feet large, fan-shaped; the inner and 
outer toes large and long; the three middle ones shorter. 
The palms and soles hairy. Claws distinct, sharp. 
Skull: — Postorbital process none or obsolete; no ali- 
sphenoid canal, the mastoid process swollen, seeming to 
form part of the auditory bulla. The scapula extended 
upwards and backwards towards the posterior superior angle. 
Testicles enclosed in the body of the animal, without any 
external scrotum. 
Section I.—Cutting teeth $, curved, conical and small. The palate 
produced nearly to the hinder molars. Muffle bald, callous. 
Tribe I. Pooctna.—Skull tapering in front. Nose-hole moderate. 
All the molars, except the first, with two roots. 
