40 PHOCID^. 



Leo marinus (Cap. B. S.), Pallas, Zool. Sosso-Asiat. i. 106. 



Sea Elephant, WeddeU, Voy. 63, 84, 134. 



Macrorhynchus proboscideus, Gray, in Brookes's Mus. Cat. 36, 1828. 



Phoque gris argentfi a os nasaux tres courts, Mus. Paris, from M. 



Dubison = Cuvier, Oss. Foss. v. 213 ; Nilsson, Wiegm. Arch. vii. 



325 ; — Whence 

 Phoca dubia, Fischer, Mamm. i. 235, 



Phoque des Patagons, F. Cuvier, Mim. Mus. i. 203. 1. 14. f. 2, d, e,f. 

 Mirounga Patagonica, Oray, Griffith's A. -K v. 186. 

 Stemmatopus Patachonicus, J. Brookes, Cat. Mm. 36, 1828. 

 Rhinophora proboscidea, Wagkr, Nat. Syst. Amph. 27. 



Inhab. Southern Ocean. 



a. Skull of young. Antarctic Ocean. 



6. Adult : stujQfed. Antarctic Ocean. Presented by the Lords of the 

 Admiralty. 



c. Skeleton of h. Antarctic Seas, Antarctic Expedition. Presented by 



the Lords of the Admiralty. — SkuU figured in ' Zool. Erebus & 

 Terror,' t. . 



d. Skin, with skull. 



e. Skin of young male. Cape of Good Hope ? 



/. SkuU. Antarctic Seas, Antarctic Expedition. Presented by the 



Lords of the Admiralty. 

 g. Skull and imperfect skeleton of young. Antarctic Seas, Antarctic 



Expedition. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 

 h. Skeleton of specimen e. Cape of Good Hope ? From Mr. Bartlett's 



collection. 



The skulls of different ages of this species are described by Professor 

 Owen, Cat. Osteol. Coll. Mus. Coll. Surg. p. 368. no. 3920. Among 

 others is the anterior portion of the jaws of the Sea Lion from the 

 South Seas, described and figured in Anson's Voyage round the 

 World, p. 122. t. 19 (see no. 3923). 



See Peron on the Sea Elephant, Freyoinet, Voy. Australe ; trans- 

 lated in Brewster's Edin. Joum. of Science, 1827, vii. 73. 



14. CYSTOPHORA. 



Nose of the male with a large compressed hood, extending to the 

 back of the head ; muzzle very broad, hairy ; nostrils large. Muzzle 

 of the skull broad, narrowed on each side in front ; forehead flat ; 

 palatine bone broad, square. Hair elongate, cylindrical ; whiskers flat, 

 waved. Claws 5-5, distinct. 



Cystophora, Gray, Zool. Erehus 8f Terror, 4. 



Cystoplioia, sp., Nilsson, Vet. Akad. Jlandl. 18S7 ; Skand. Fauna; 



Wiegm. Arch. vii. 826. 

 Mirounga, part., Gray, Griffith's A. K. v. 468. 

 Stemmatopus (Stemmatope), J'. Cuvier,Mem. Mm. xi. 196. 1. 18, 1827: 



Diet. Sei. Nat. lix. 464 ; Fischer, Syn. 230. 



The young is like the young of Payophilus Qrcenlandicus in external 

 appearance, but it is easily known from that species by the hairiness 

 of the muffle between the nostrils, and by the teeth not being lobed, 

 but only plaited on the surface. (See also Nilsson, Wiegm. Arch, 

 vii. 320.) 



