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versly: the lower in an opposite direction: on 
each side of the canine teeth a lesser or secondary 
one: the grinders are conoid^ with a small pro- 
cess on each side, near the base : the fore feet 
have no claws^ but the bones of the toes^ which 
are five in number, may be all felt beneath the 
skin or web, which extends a good way beyond 
their ends: the toes of the hind feet are four, 
with long and strait claws; the skin stretching 
far beyond them. 
TORTOISE-HEADED SEAL. 
Phoca Testudinea. P. capite testudineoy collo gracili. 
Seal with tortoise-shaped head, and slender neck. 
Tortoise-headed Seal. Pennant ^adr. p! 2^6, 
With head shaped like that of a Tortoise : neck 
slender: feet resembling those of the common 
Seal. This is described by Dr. Parsons, in the 
Philosophical Transactions, who informs us that 
it is found on several of the European coasts. 
RIBBON SEAL. 
Phoca Fasciata. P. nigricans, fascia dorsali suhquadrafa Jlava. 
Blackish Seal, with a squarish dorsal yellow band. 
Ribbon Seal. Pennant ^adr. p, 276. 
This species, which is at present only known 
from a part of its skin described by the celebrated 
Dr. Pallas, is a native of the seas about the Kurile 
