1875. MR. J. W. CLARK ON EARED SEALS. 663 
these are of no great size; in O. stelleri each is indicated oaly by a 
slight bulging-out. 
Snout, nose, and whiskers (fig. 3, p. 663, and fig. 4, p. 664).— Of 
this part I have fortunately been able to examine the specimen re- 
ferred to in Dr. Hector’s notes, taken from the male, A. 
Otaria forsterit 9 , nose, seen from beneath. 
a, nostril; b, median sulcus. 
The snout, as appears from Dr. Hector’s sketches (figs. 1 and 2) 
and from the figures drawn from the specimen I am describing (figs. 
3 and 4), tapers suddenly somewhat like that of a pig, and is 
obliquely truncated, with the nostrils on the sloping surface, which is 
about 3 inches long from the tip of the nose to the edge of the upper 
lip. The whole of this, together-with a considerable space on the 
upper surface and sides of the snout, is covered with a dark grey epi- 
derm, said to be jet-black during life, beset with minute bristly hairs. 
Above, the bare portion of the snout is V-shaped, half an inch 
long from before backwards in the centre, and about one inch and 
three quarters long at the sides. The terminal edge is clearly de- 
