MAMMALIA. FERiE. Seal. 125 



179 6. Sw.irtfide. — 6. Phoca gtoenlandica. 6. 



The head is fmooth, and has no external ears ; the body is grey, with a black moon- 

 like mark on the fide. Erxlcben, Syft. mam. 588. 



Swartfiide. Egede Greenl. fig. p. 62. — Attarfoak. Crantz Groenl. 163. —Harp Seal. Perm. 

 hift. of quad. n. 385. pi. li. Arcl:. zool. n. 77. — Krylatca, of the Ruffians. Lepechin, aft. Peirop. 

 part i. 259. tab. vi. vii. 



Inhabits Greenland, Newfoundland, Iceland, the "White Sea, the Frozen Ocean, and as far as 

 Kamtfchatka. — The head is black and pointed, having fhort whiikers on both lips, and on the nofe; 

 the body is thick, of a whitilh colour; and, when the animal is five years old, it gets an irregular 

 femilunar black mark on each fide, the horns of the crefcent pointing upwards : Both the fore and 

 hind paws have diftinct nails ; and there is a fmall fhort horizontal tail between the hind legs : It is 

 nine feet long when full grown. This animal is called Harp, or Heart Sea/ by the Britilh fifhers, 

 who call the black mark its [addle. It is much efteemed on account of the goodnefs of its fkin, and 

 large produce of oil. 



180 /3. Bedlemer. — Phoca groenlandica nigra. 



This is a blackiih variety, which is fuppofed by the fifhers to be a young animal of the 

 Swartfide, or Harp fpecies, laft defcribed. Penn. hift. of quad. p. 525. 



Inhabits the Greenland and other northern feas. 



181 7. Neitfek. — 7. Phoca hifpida. 7. 



The head is fmooth, and has no external ears ; the body is of a pale brown colour,, 

 having rough briftly hair. Erxleben, mam. 589. Schreber, iii. 312. tab. lxxxvi. 



Phoca foetida, or Stinking Seal. Muller. zool. 8. — Neitfek. Crantz Groenl. 164. — Rough Seal. 

 Penn. hift. of quad. n. 383- Arft. zool. n. 74. 



Inhabits Greenland and Labradore. — Has a fhort nofe, a fhort round head, and teeth like the 

 Common Seal ; the body is of an eliptical form, and very fat ahnoft to the hind feet ; the hair is long, 

 erect, and clofe fet, having curled wool intermixed : It is of a dulky colour, ftreaked with white ; 

 fometimes white, with a dulky line along the back; never exceeds four feet long ; feldom goes out 

 to fea, but lives on the fixed ice near the fhore, where it couples in June, and brings forth in Janu- 

 ary ; feeds on fhrimps and fmall fifh ; fleeps often on the furface of the water, and hence frequently 

 falls a prey to eagles : The flefli is red, fetid, and naufeous, efpecially that of the males. 



182 (8. Newfoundland Seal. — Phoca hifpida quadrata. 

 Is of a large fize, and has a rough hairy fur. 



. Square Phipper. Arch zool. i. 161. 



Inhabits Newfoundland. — Seems allied to the former by its coat, which refembles that of a Water' 

 Dog, but is vaftly larger, weighing five hundred pounds. 



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