58 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



The White-bellied Seal. (Phoca monachus, Gm.) Buff. Supp, 

 VI. pi. xiii. 



From ten to twelve feet long. Blackish brown, 

 with white belly. Of the Mediterranean, and 

 more especially of the Adriatic Sea. 



The Bottle-nosed Seal. (Phoca Leonina, L.) Sea-Lion of 

 Anson ; Sea- Wolf of Pernetty ; Sea-Elephant of the 

 English and of Peron. Peron, Voy. L. xxxn. 



From twenty to twenty-five feet long ; brown ; 

 the muzzle of the male is terminated by a 

 wrinkled sort of horn or snout, which swells up 

 when the animal is angry. It is common in the 

 southern latitudes of the Pacific Ocean, in Terra- 

 del-Fuego, New Zealand, and Chili. It is hunted 

 on account of the abundant oil which it furnishes. 



The Hooded Seal. (Phoca Oristata, Gm., Phoca Leonina, 

 Fabricius.) Egede, Groenl.pl. vi. 



Eight feet long. A sort of moveable cowl or 

 crest attaches to the summit of the head, with 

 which the animal covers its eyes and muzzle 

 when threatened. Inhabits the Icy Sea. 



The Seals, with external ears. (Otaries, Peron.) 



Might deserve to form a genus apart, since, beside 

 the external projecting ears, they have the four 

 middle incisives in the upper row with double edges s 



