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/ 2. Euotaria nigrcsccm (Gray). This has been described by Peters as Otdria 
j falklamlica. Falkland Islands. 
I 3. Phocarcfm Jiookeri (Gray). This has been described by Biirmeister 
A. falklandicus. Falkland Islands. 
4. Otaria juhata. The Seal which, when living in the Zoological Gardens 
in liondon (see Zool. Record, iv. p. 28), had been named O. hookeri, proves 
to be this species j it came from Cape Horn. 
5. The Otaria philipini (Peters, see Zool. Record, iii. p. 30) ought not to 
; be associated Arctocephalus nigrescens (Gray), as it is more nearly allied 
the Otaria stelleri from California. 
/On contimiing these examinations {1. c. p. 315) the author 
/convinced himself — 
j 1. That the British- Museum specimen of Arctocephalus falklandicus is really 
a Falkland species, and did not come from the arctic regions, after comparing 
it with examples preserved in Edinburgh. 
2. The author did not recognize this A. falklandicus among specimens 
brought from tlio Falkland Islands by Capt. Abbott, and believes that it 
may have been driven away by sealers, as also Morunga elcphantina. 
3. The species described by authors as coming from the Capo of Good 
IIopo are reviewed, and a new species from the same sea is described under 
Ihe name of Arctocephalus nivosus (p. 219). 
Capt. Abbott, who has deposited specimens of Seals from the 
Falkland Islands in the British Museum, has communicated 
observations on four species, named by Mr. Selater, to the Zoo- 
logical Society (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 189). They are the 
following : — 
1. Morunga elephantina. It appears that it is still living, though rare in 
those islands. 
2. Otaria juhata. 
3. Otaria falklandica. This specimen is referred to A. nigrescens by Dr. 
Gray. 
,, 4. Stenorhynchus leptonyx. 
/ Prof. Bubmeister states that two species of Seals are found 
on the coasts of the Argentine Republic, viz. Otaria juhata 
(Forst.) = O. (Tschudi, Peters), which is the female, = 0. 
godeffroyi (Peters), and Otaria falklandica = Arctoce- 
phalus nigrescens (Gray). Otaria philippii (Peters) belongs to 
the same generic section as Arctocephalus falklandicus ; it is 
the Phoed porcina of Molina. Anal. Mus. Buen. Ayr. 1868, 
p. 303; Act. Soc. Paleont. p. xxxix; and in Zeitschr. ges. 
Ntrwiss. xxxi. pp. 291-301 ; also in Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berl. 
1868, p, 180. 
A A lengthened paper on the history, habits, and geographical 
relations of the Seals of the Spitzbergen and Greenland Seas, by 
R. Brown, is published in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, pp. 405-440. 
The author concludes with notes on the commercial importance 
of the Seal-fisheries. 
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