mammalia. FERjE. Phoca. 
39 
Cotavr reddifli, in the young more duiky, in the female more 
. T> T — . ^~cight about loo 
vivid ; 
d; is larger than the P. Leonina; 
pounds, length 25 feet. 
na. 
2 . 
3 ' 
4 ' 
Head without ears; neck fmooth ; body brown, SmCalf. 
Botm<-a. Nofe broader, claws longer, colour more obicure. 
Sibirica. Colour filvery. Inhabits the lakes Orom. 
Cafpica. Colour various, ' • n- r ,i « 
Inhabits moft Sea Coup : fleeps on a ftone projeamg bom the 
water ; the voung are at fu-n; white arid woolly j riles often 
out of the water to breathe ; is eafily killed by a blow on the 
nofe; flefli eatable. n. i- „ 
Whifkers undulate; ever with a niflitant membrane ; cryllaline 
humour globular; tongue bifid; the foramen ovale is &id to 
be open. 
d/, 
'""ac/uir, j-Iead without ears; fore-teeth in each jaw 4; ^re-feet 
undivided; hind-feet without nails. Hooded Seal. 
Inhabits the coafl of vDafowi'ht* 1, 1, aJ. A/t.V 
Skm of the neck folds into a rcfemblace of amomc shoOd, haxr 
fhort, dufky, fpotted with aflr ; above the navel a tawny Ipot . 
length 8 feet 7 inches. 
C 
^.^nlan. Head fmootli without ears ; body grey ; d lunulate black 
markonthefides. • ^ ^ 
Inhabits Greenland and Keupundlani : eftcemed for the good- 
nefs of its Ikin, and quantity of oil. 
Head black, pointed, with fliort whlflters on the lips and no.e , 
nails on the fore and hind-paws. 
Wpida. Head fmooth without ears ; body pale brown, rough, with 
briftlyhair. ^ n. ■ U 
UhMts Greenland and Lahradore, feeds on Ihrimps and Imall 
filh ; often fleeps on the furface of the water ; floih red, nau- 
• feoUs : 4 feet long. 
2 " Much larger, weighing 500 pounds. 
^rpta. Head on the fore-part crefled; body grey. 
Inhabits the fouth coafls of Greenland, weft of ^ 
Newfoundland, of a large fize; pn Coveicd with . 
(hort; thick wool, mixed with white hairs. 
*Barhata. iq^ad fmooth without cars; body blackifli. 
Inhabits the coafts of Scotland, Greenland, ^nd Iceland, young 
jones white when brought forth : length • p^ifUa 
