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familiar form. Until recently it was seen in considerable 

 numbers in New York harbor ; now it is but rarely observed 

 south of Cape Cod. This species is especially amenable to 

 domestication. 



Harp Seal. 



From D. Appleton & Co.'s ■■ Elements of Zoology, Science Ser.es." 



The HARP Seal is a beautiful and very abundant species 

 off the shores of Greenland. The Banded Seal is so rare 

 that at present there are only two specimens in this country, 

 one of them being in this collection. Its curiously marked 

 fur is quite attractive. 



The Ska ELEPHANT quite rivals the walrus in size, though 

 not so bulky proportionately. Its length is thirty feet, and 

 its girth fifteen to eighteen feet. The males have a singu- 

 lar development, which has the effect of a proboscis, hence 

 the name of the creature. 



The Hooded or Crested Seal also has a similar nasal 

 protuberance, Fine examples of this seal are in this collec- 

 tion. A skeleton of each group is here to be seen, from 

 which much may be learned of their characteristic features. 



THE HOOFED ANIMALS.— Order Uncui.ata. 



Family Hyracidcc. The little creatures about the size of 

 a rabbit, which alone form this sub-order, are the conies of 



