MAMMALIA. FER^. Seal. 127 



x 86 11. Chilefe Seal. — Phoca chiknjts. 



Has a longifh fnout, and longifh external ears. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. 9. 1 1. fp. 9. note. 



Phoca porcina. Molin. hift. nat. Chili, iv. 248. 



Inhabits the coafts of Chili and Juan Fernandez. — Dr Gmelin is uncertain whether this may not 

 be a variety of the little Seal, laft defcribed : It differs, however, by the marks in the fpecific charac- 

 ter, and by having five toes to each foot. — T. 



187 12. Long- necked Seal. — Phoca mutlca. 

 Has a flender body, and no claws on the fore feet. Grew's muf. 95. 



Long-necked Seal. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 377. Parfons in Phil. Tranf. xlvii. tab. vi. 



Its place and hiftory are unknown. — The length, from the nofe to the fore legs, is as much as from 

 thence to the tail. The fore feet refemble fins. 



188 i j. Falkland Seal. — Phoca aujlralis. 



Has fhort pointed external ears. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 378. Brit. Muf. 



Inhabits the Falkland ifles, and probably about Juan Fernandez — Is of a cinereous colour, the 

 hairs being tipt with dirty white ; the nofe is fhort, and befet with ftrong black brinies; the external 

 ears are fhort, narrow, and pointed ; the upper fore-teeth are tranfverfely furrowed, and the lower 

 longitudinally; on each fide of the tufks is a fmaller fecondary tooth ; the grinders are conical, ha- 

 ving a fmall procefs on one fide of each, near the bafe: The fore feet have no claws, but five diftinft 

 toes may be felt within the fkin, which extends far beyond their extremities ; the hind paws have 

 each four long ftraight claws, and the fkin ftretches far beyond them: The head and body meafure 

 about four feet in length. 



j 89 14- Parfons Seal. — Phoca ttftudo. 



The head refembles that of a Tortoife, having a flender neck; and the feet are like 

 thofe of the Common Seal. 



Tortoife-headed Seal. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 379: 



This fpecies or variety is very little known. Mr Pennant fays that it is defcribed by Dr Parfons, 

 but does not inform us where to find his defcription, and that it is found on the fhores of many 

 parts of Europe,, 



igo ij. Harnaffed Seal. — Phoca fafciata. 



Is of a blackifh colour, and marked acrofs the neck, along the fides, and crofs the 

 haunches, with yellow (tripes refembling harnefs. 



Rubbon Seal. Perm. hift. of quad. n. 380. pi. at p. 513. Arct. zool. n. 78. 



Inhabits 



