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GARNIVOSA. 

 PINNIPEDIA. 



PHOCIDiE. 



PHOCID^. 



Genus Halich^erus (Nilsson, 1820). 



Generic Character. — Head flattened, muzzle deep, truncated. Brain-ease 

 of skull small, nasal opening very large. Teeth, inc. |, molars |:j, conical, 

 simple, hardly tuberoulated, only the last two in the upper jaw, and the last 

 one in the lower, with double roots. 



GREY SEAL. 

 Halichcerus gryphus (Fabricius). 



Specific Okaracter. — Tellowish-grey, lighter beneath, with dark grey spots 

 and blotches. Bony palate nearly transverse behind, slightly concave ; posterior 

 palatine foramena opening on palatines. 



Phoca gryphm, Fabrioius, Skrift. Naturh. Selsk. I. '167 (1790). 



Halichcerus grkeus, Nilssoh, Skand. Fanna (1820). 

 Haaf-fish of Orcadians, Tapvaist of Hebrideaus. 



This large Seal was first described by Fabricius as 

 Phoca grypkus, and was generically separated by Prof. 

 Nilsson under the name of Halichcerus griseus. It is at 

 once distinguished from the true Phoca; by the form of 

 its skull and molar teeth. The facial bones are very 



