THE LIVING WORLD. 
now fall an easy prey to the hunters who attack it and seek to disable it by 
striking it on the nose. 
The Ringed Seal (.Phoca fcetida ) is blackish-brown above, and yellowish- 
white below, and its back has markings of oval white or gray spots, somewhat 
resembling rings. It is abundant 
in the northern seas, and is a fur- 
yielder. 
The Bearded Seal (. Erigna - 
thus barbata ) is gray and some¬ 
times has spottings, deriving its 
name from the coarse, heavy hairs 
that cover its nose. 
The Harp Seal [Phoca groen- 
landica ) is so named because cres¬ 
cent-shaped belts of black extend 
from the shoulders down each side 
to the posterior part of the back. 
In the male, the head as far back 
as the eyes is black. The young 
are gray, spotted with brown, and 
lack the harp marking; the older 
seals are white or whitish-yellow, seals alarmed 
as the ground color. 
The Ribbon Seal (Histriophoca fasciata ) is dark-brown in coloring, but wears 
a yellow-white ribbon about its neck, a yellow-white girdle well back on its body, 
and lateral belts connecting these. 
The Sea Bear (Callorhinus ursinus) is the fur-seal, so well known to 
luxuriously winter-clad persons. 
It has almost wholly disappeared 
from the northern coasts of our 
country. It is sufficiently com¬ 
mon in zoological gardens to be 
a familiar sight, and, in its en¬ 
forced state of domestication, it 
furnishes the visitor all of its 
attractions, unless it be the 
choral made by the vast schools 
of this animal. 
The Sea Dog [Phoca vitu- 
Izna) is a seal which lives in 
harbors. 
The Hair Seal, or Com¬ 
mon Seal is frequently called 
the Sea Lion. It is polygamous, 
and rivals the Turks in the in- 
eur seal. stitution of the harem. Visitors 
to California have become familiar with this semi-aquatic animal, and there 
are many resorts, such as Mount Desert, which maintain a “ summer school ” 
of seals. 
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