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PHOCID^. 



B. Mars with a suhcyUndriccd, fUdirust, external conch. Toes of the hind 

 feet suheqwd, short, with long membranes at the end; fore feet Jm-Uke; 

 palm and soles bald, longitudinally grooved. Nose- simple, vMh a rather 

 large callous muffle above and between the nostrils; cutting-teeth |, upper 



often bifid; grinders ^. 



SubfamUy 5. ARCTOCEPHALINA. 



The skull has a postorbital process, an alisphenoidal canal, the 

 mastoid process strong and salient, st^ding aloof from the auditory 

 bullae. — Turner. 



Arctocephalina, Gray, Zool. Erebus Se Terror, 4 : Turner, Proc. Zool. 



Sop. 1848, 88. 

 Otaria, P4ron, Toy. Terres Austr. ii. 118 ; Desm. Mamm. 248 ; Fleming, 



PhU. Zool. ii. 187; Gray, Griffith's A. K. v. 182; Nilsson, Vet. Akad, 



Handl. 1837 ; Skand. Fauna ; Wiegm. Arch, vii. 

 Phoca, § 3, F. Cuvier, Mim.. Mux. xi. 205. 

 Otariadee, J. Brookes, Mm. Cat. 86, 1828. 



Fig. 15. 



Arctocephalus Hookeri. Fore foot and Hnd foot. 



15. CALLORHINUS. 



The face short ; forehead convex, regularly rounded from the end 

 of the nasal bone to the middle of the vertex ; the nasal opening is 

 small; the palate rather concave, contracted behind, short, nearly 

 reaching the middle of the zygomatic arch. Lower jaw short, thick, 

 flattened, expanded beneath jiist in front of the condyle. 



CallorhinuB, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, 357. 

 Arctocephalus, § *, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, 117. 

 Arctocephalus, sp., F. Cuvier. 



1. Callorhinus ursinus. Mr them Fur- Seal. 

 Adult male grey-black ; hair of the back long, black, reddish, with 

 a Bubterminal band and a short grey tip ; under-fur short, woolly, 



