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HAND-LIST OF SEALS, MORSES, 



Pischer observed their uti-Seal-like characters when he inquired if 

 they should not be arranged with Enhydris ; yet Quoy and Uaimard 

 iigure the two species of this genus which they observed with elon- 

 gate bodies and in the attitude of the common Seals {Phocida) ; 

 and Gould did the same with the Australian species (I believe he 

 had never seen the species alive). 



I. Skull with tJie palate elongate, produced behind. The opening of the in- 

 teimal nostrils in a line just before the condyles. Orindcrs ^^. bea- 

 lions. 



Tribe 1. OTAEIINA, Oray,Suppl. Cat. Seals ^ Whales, p. 12. 



1. OTARIA, Gray, Cat. Seals S( Whales, p. 57; Supph p. 12. 



Fin-. 1.3. 



Feet of Sea-lion. 



The brain-cavity is large and oblong in the skulls of the younger 

 animals, and nearly as long as the face and palate ; but these parts 

 enlarge as the animal reaches the adult age, and when quite adult 

 the length from the back edge of the condyle is only half, or nearly 

 half, of the length of the palate. They are figured as Otaria leomna, 

 F. Cuvier, Mem. Mus. xi. t. xv. no. 2 ; Otaria jubata, Blainv. Osteogr. 

 t. iii. & vi. ; Otaria Oodeffroyi, Peters, Monatsb. 1806, p. 267, t. i. 



* The head broad, short. The lower jaw broad behind, bowed on the sides, 

 rounded in front. The lower edge from the angle to the gongx a^ long 

 as the jaws are wide at the angle. Lower margin expanded in the 

 adult. 



1. Otaeia jtjbata, Cray, Suppl. Cat. Seals Sf Whales, p. 13. 



Otaria leonina, Gray, Cat. Seals ^ Whales, p. 59. 



