34 pnociBiE. 



1. Halichoerns Grypus. Qrey Seal. 

 Phoca grypus, O. Fabr. Skrivt. Nat. Sekk. i. 167. t. 13. f. 4 (skidl). 

 Halichoerus grypus, Nikson, Skand. Fawm, i. 377. t. 34. f. 1, 2 ; Wiegm. 



Arch. vii. 318. 

 Phoca gryphus, Idcfct. Berl. Acad. 1821, t. 1. f. 1, 2 ; Blainv. OsUog. 



Phoca, t. 9 ; Fischer, Syn. 239. 

 Phoca hispida, 8chr^ Simgeth. 312. t. 86; Hamilton, t. 8. 

 Phoca Halichoerus,_-^jCT8«»re. Nai. Semerk. 142. 

 Phoca leporina ?, I/ieht. in Havde und Spinersch, Zeitung, n. 46. 

 Phoca Ochotensis, PaUas, Zool. Fosso-Asiat. i. 117. 

 I-Ialychoerus griseus, Sormch. Ms, 1824, 810; Butt. Sci. Nat. v. 104. 

 Halichoerus griseus, Nilsson, Skand. Fauna, 377. t. 34. f. 1, 2 ; llamilUm, 



t. 10. 

 Halichoerus gryphus, iJ. Ball, Trans. Roy. Irish Acad, xviii. 1. 1 (male 



and female), t. 2, 3 (skull, teeth, &c.) ; Sketches Brit. Seals, 1. 1, 2, 



& 7. figs. 1-22; Cat. Seals B. M. 80. 

 Grey Seal, Bell, Brit. Quad. 284. f. . 

 Seal from South Sea, Home, Phil. Trans. 1822, t. 27 (skuU). 

 Young. Phoca scopulicola, Thienem. Nat. Bemerk. 1824, 69. t. 5 ( (3' 



adult); Bull. Sci. Nat. v. 261; Fischer, Syn. 237. 

 Phoca Thienemanni, Lesson, Diet. Class. H. N. xiii. 415. 

 CaUocephalus scopulicolus, Lesson, Man, 199. 



Inhab. North coast of Europe (Ireland and Scotland). 



a. Adult : stuffed. Coast of Northumberland. 



6. Half-grown : stuffed. Fern Island. Presented by J. P. Selby, Esq. 



c. Skiill of a. Fern Island. 



d. SkuU of 6. Fern Island. Presented by J. P. Selby, Esq. 



Mr. BaU states that the habits of the Irish Seal differ so much from 

 those ascribed to it in the Baltic, that he thinks it may, on compa- 

 rison, prove to be a distinct species. The colour of the Irish animal 

 varies so much, from sex, age, season, &c., that it cannot be regarded 

 of value as a specific character ; the brain is very smaU compared 

 with that of Phoca, and its intellectual power bears the same pro- 

 portion. It may always be distinguished from other Seals by its 

 straight profile, fierce aspect, and greater proportionate length. — Proc. 

 Boyal Irish Acad. Dec. 1836, p. 18. 



The skull figured by Mr. ClLft in Home's paper in the Phil. Trans. 

 1822, t. 27, with other bones of the body, is in the Museum of the 

 Koyal College of Surgeons (see Owen, Cat. Osteol. Coll. Mus. Coll. 

 Surg. p. 643. no. 3943, from a specimen given by Mr. Oxendon to 

 Mr. Hunter). It was shot in the Orkneys. 



The " Grey-bearded Seal from Orkney " (Home, PhU. Trans. 1822, 

 t. 28, skull, cop. BaU, f. 31), Mr. BaU regards as the skuU of Phoia 

 vitulina with some teeth of P. Oromlandica inserted in the upper 

 jaw. — Ball, op. at. Dec. 1836, p. 18. 



MM. Homschuoh and Schilling ("Wiegmann's Arch. 1851, 22) pro- 

 pose to separate the genus into three species : — 



1. H. grypus, 0. Fabr.=ir. griseus, NUseon. 



2. H. macrorhynchus, Homschuch & Schilling, 1850. 



3. H. pachyrhynchus, Hornschuch & Schilling, 1850. 



See also LUljeborg, Arskrift. Kongl. Vetensk. Soc. i Upsal, 1860, 297; 



