PIED SEAL. 
Phoca Bicolor. P. nigra inauriculata, albo njaria, naso elongato, 
pedihus posterioribus lunatis. 
Earless black Seal, variegated with white, with elongated nose, 
and lunated hind feet. 
Le Phoque a ventre blanc. Buff, suppl. 6, p. 310. pL 44. 
Pied Seal. Pennant ^adr. z. p. 273. 
This species, according to Mr. Pennant, dif- 
fers from the former, in having the nose taper 
and lengthened ; the fore feet furnished with five 
toes inclosed in a membrane^ but very distinct : 
the claws long and strait: the hind feet very 
broad : five distinct toes, with the claws just ex- 
tending to the margin of the membrane^ which 
expands into the form of a crescent. 
In the first or folio edition of the British Zoo- 
logy, it is not considered as distinct from the com- 
mon Seal, of which it was regarded as a mere va- 
riety ; but in the third edition of the History of 
Quadrupeds it is described and figured under the 
title of the Pied Seal. It is also figured by the 
Count de BufFon in his sixth supplemental volume, 
and is there considered as a distinct species. The 
Count de Buffon observes, that it frequents the 
coasts of the Adriatic, growing to the length of 
seven feet and a half. In colour it varies, like 
the common Seal; Mr. Pennant's specimen being 
black, with white throat and neck; while that de- 
scribed by Buffon was black, with a white belly. 
It may be tamed like the common Seal, and is 
