5. 1I0NACHT7S. 17 



Phoque quatrieme, Blainv. in Desm. Mamm. 243, note; see Cm. Oss. 



Foss. V. 207. 

 Stenorhynclius Leptonyx, F. Ouv. Did. iSc. Nat. xxxix. 549. t. 44: 



Mem. Mm. xi. 190. t. 13. f. 1 ; Bents des Mamm. 118. t. 88 a ; 



NUsson, Wiegm. Arch. vii. 307 ; Skand. Fauna, t. ; aray, Zool. 



Erehm Sf Terror, Mamm. t. 3 (animal), t. 4 (skull) ; Cat. Osteol. Spec. 



B.M.Sl; Cat. Seals B. M. 13 ; Blainv. Oateogr. PUca, t. 6. f. 9 



(teeth and skull) ; Owen, Ann. N. H. 1843, xii. 332. 

 Phoca Homei, Lesson, Diet. Class. H. N. xiii. 417. 

 Phoca(Stenorliynclie) Leptonyx, Blainv. ; Pucheran, Dumont d' Urville, 



Zool. t. 9. 

 The Small-nailed Seal, Hamilton, Nat. Lib. 180. 1. 11 (nails too large). 

 Stenorhynclius aux petits ongles, Hombr. Sf Jacq. Voy. a Pole Sud, t. 9. 

 Sea Leopard of the Whalers. 

 Sea Bear of New Zealand, Knox, in hitter. 

 Phoca ui'sina, or Sea Bear, Pollaeh, New Zealand. 



Inhab. Antarctic Ocean, on the packed ice. North shore, New- 

 castle, N. S. W., G. Bennett. Drawn by Angas. 



a. Skin : adult : stuffed. Antarctic Ocean. Antarctic Expedition. 



Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 

 h. Skin: adult: unstuffed. 

 e. SkuU. 



d. Skull. Antarctic Seas. Antarctic Expedition. Presented by the 



Lords of the Admiralty. 

 Skull figured in ' Zool. Erebus & Terror,' t. . f . . 



e. SkuU. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



/. Skeleton. Port Nicholson, New Zealand. Presented by Dr. 



Frederick Knox. 

 g. Skull. Antarctic Seas. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 

 h. SkuU and bones of the body. Antarctic Seas. Presented by the 



Lords of the Admiralty. 

 i. SkuU. Antarctic Seas. 



The skuU of this Seal is described by Prof. Owen in Cat. Osteol. 

 Mus. CoU. Surg. 642. nos. 3938-3941, and in Ann. N. H. 1843, xii. 

 331, he says the Sea Leopard is distinguished from it " by the spotted 

 hide." 



5. MONACHUS. 



Skull broad, depressed behind ; muzzle short, broad ; orbits large ; 

 grinders smaU, conical, " thick, with a smaU anterior and posterior 

 lobe;" lower jaw broad, with a distinct posterior angle; "upper 

 cutting-teeth transversely notched ; " cutting-teeth ^. 



Inhab. Mediterranean. 



Monachus, Fleming, Phil. Zool. ii. 187, 1822; Nilsson, Vet. Akad. Handl. 



1837, 235; Gray, Cat. Seals B. M. 17. 

 Pelagios (Pelage), F. Ouv. Mem. Mus. xi. 193, 196. 1. 13, 1827; Gray, 



Zool. Erebus Sf Terror, Mamm. 3. 

 Pelagius, F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. lix. 463, 1829 ; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 



230 ; Wiegmann, Arch. vii. 308 ; Nilsson, Vet. Akad. Sandl. 1837, 



285 ; Skand. Fauna, xx. t. 

 Heliophoca, Gray, Ann. <^ Mag. N. H. 1854, xiii. (from young animal). 



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