1885.] 



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nortlieni and six southern species. In the Arctic and North Tem- 

 perate zones we have all tlie species of Phoca ; Monuchus in the 

 Mediterranean ; Ci/stophora in the North Atlantic ; and Pliocn and 

 two species of Otaries in the Nortli Pacific. In the Indian Ocean 

 we have one species of Macrorhinus. At the Cape of Good Hope 

 we have an Otary. Two other Ocaries are found about AustraHa 

 and New Zealand. On the coast of Central America we have an 

 Otary and Macrorhinus, while two other Otaries frequent the coasts 

 of South America, and one inhabits the Aucklands. In the Southern 

 and Antarctic Seas we have the two species of Stenorhi/uchus, with 

 Leptonijx, Ommaiophoca, a Macrorhinus, and an Otary. 



A few species range over both the New and Old Worlds, in the 

 Arctic region, and the op|)Osite coasts of the North Atlantic and 

 Pacific Oceans. 



