1885.] 



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

 perate zones we have all the species of Phoca ; Monachus in the 

 Mediterranean ; Cystophora in the North Atlantic ; and Phoca and 

 two species of Otaries in the North 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 Australia 

 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 Stcnorhynchus, with 

 Leptonyx, Ommalophoca, a Macrorhinus, and an Otary. 



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

 Arctic region, and the opjiosite coasts of the North Atlantic and 

 Pacific Oceans. 



