17. OTAEIA. 57 



Peron indicates a species from Eugene Island, AustraKa, under 

 the name of Otaria albicollis, Peron et Lesueur, Voy. ii. 118 ; Desm. 

 Mamm. 251 ; Phoca aVncollis, Fischer, Syn. 233. 



Cuvier observes, " this species has the arms placed far forwards, 

 and not as in other OtaricB " (Oss. Foss. v. 223), and " the only 

 Otaria brought home by Peron (hence probably his 0. cinerea) was 

 2 feet 9 inches long ; it is rather whiter than the specimens from the 

 Cape " (Oss. Foss. v. 221). The skuU is not mentioned. 



Peron, in speaking of the productions of " Isle de Decrees," says 

 they found a new Seal 9 or 10 feet long. " The hair of this animal 

 is very short, very hard, and very thick (tres grossier) ; but its skin 

 is thick and strong, and the oil abundant." 



10. Arctocephalus australis. 



The flaps to the hind toes moderate ; grey, with yellow reflex- 

 ions ; head, cheeks, and side of muzzle whitish, beneath fulvous ; 

 neck thick ; limbs beneath blackish ; whiskers strong, flat, white. 



Otaria australis, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Mamm. 9. 1. 10-] 4 ; Nihson, 

 Vet. Ahad. Sandl. 18.37 ; Skand. Fauna; Wiegm. Arch. vii. 322. 



Inhab. South coast of Australia, " King George's Sound," Quoy. 

 Most probably the same as A. Hookeri. 



What is the Black Seal of the coast of New Holland ? There is a 

 male, presented by J. B. Boisley, in the Australian Museum, Sydney 

 {Otaria, sp., no. 36. Cat. p. 7). 



It is very doubtful if either of these species differs from A. lohatus. 



17. OTARIA. 



Face short, shelving ; the nose-aperture large, oblong ; the fore- 

 head flat, shelving from the edge of the nose-bone to the middle of 

 the vertex ; the palate very concave, decurved deeper with age, 

 scarcely contracted behind ; ear elongated, extending nearly to the 

 articulation of the lower jaw ; the lower jaw with a crest-lie ridge 

 on the inner side of the hinder part, just in front of the condyle. 



Muzzle broad, high in front; forehead rather convex; occiput 

 high ; cutting-teeth |-, the upper outer ones very large, hke canines ; 

 grinders (of the adults) with very large roots and small, compressed, 

 lobed crowns ; palate-bone rather wider behind than in front, long, 

 extending nearly to the articulation of the lower jaw behind ; lower 

 jaw broad, dilated below in front and behind at the angles; the 

 upper jaw elongate, and dilate with age. 



Head short, broad ; chin large ; muzzle truncated ; muffle bald, 

 forming a distinct disk between and above the nostril ; ears small, 

 short, conical. Fore feet rather large ; claws indistinct ; tail very 

 short, conical. Hind feet large, with the three middle claws long, 

 subcyHndrical, the fifth or inner one rudimentary; toe-flaps very 

 long, the outer one broad, second, third, and fourth rather longest 

 and narrow, the fifth shortest, all much longer than the very short 



