. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum . Seals (Animals); Whales. 26. Pagophilus Groenlandicus. Skull. Until six or seven weeks old white,—called White Coats at New- i foundland; at one year old they have small spots ; at two years old they have large spots, and the males are called Bed Lampiers; at i three years old the males and females have the harp-shaped band, j and are then called Saddlebacks.—Jukes, Newfoundland. ' Phoca Groenlandica, MiUler, Zool. Dan. Prodr. 8; O.Fdbr. Fauna Qr(ml. 11; Thienemann, Nat. Bemerh. 1.14-21; Bull. Sci. Nat. v. 261. t. 15 & 18,1.19 (skuU)
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. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum . Seals (Animals); Whales. 26. Pagophilus Groenlandicus. Skull. Until six or seven weeks old white, —called White Coats at New- i foundland; at one year old they have small spots ; at two years old they have large spots, and the males are called Bed Lampiers; at i three years old the males and females have the harp-shaped band, j and are then called Saddlebacks.—Jukes, Newfoundland. ' Phoca Groenlandica, MiUler, Zool. Dan. Prodr. 8; O.Fdbr. Fauna Qr(ml. 11; Thienemann, Nat. Bemerh. 1.14-21; Bull. Sci. Nat. v. 261. t. 15 & 18, 1.19 (skuU) ; F. Cm. Mem. Mus. xi. 186.1.12. f. 2; Nihsm, Slcand. Fauna, i. 370. t. 37 (young); Wiegm. Arch. vii. 314; Chray, GriMtKs A. K. ii. t. 91 d', t. 92, v. 177; BaU, Sketches of British . /Seals, 1.12. f. 87-89 (skull), Mus. Paris; Volkmann, Anat. Anim. i. 1 t. 4. f. 1, 8; Owen, Cat. Osteol. Mus. CoU. Surg. 646. Phoca oceanica, Lepech. Act. Petrop. 1777, i. 295. t. 7 & 8; Fisch. Spn. 238; Hamilton, Seeds, t. 7. Callocephalus oceanicus, Lesson, Man. 196. Phoca semilunaris, Bodd. Elench. 170. Phoca doliSta, Pallas, Zool. Rosso-Asiat. 112. Phoca Miilleri, Lesion, Diet. Class. H. N. xiii. 412. Phoca annellata, Gaimard, Voy. Islande, 1.11. f. 7, 8, 9. Callocephalus Groenlandicus, F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. xxxix. 546; Mhn. Mus. xi. 186. t. 12. f. 2, d, e, f; Suppell, Verz. Smelt. Samml. 169. Pagophilus Grcenlandicus, Gray, Cat. Fhoc. B. M. 25. fig. (skull). PPnoca Alhini, Alexandra, Mem. Twin. 1850, ii. 141.1.1-4 ^skeleton). Saddleback of Northern Sealers, Wallace, Proc. Boy. Phys. Sac. Fdinb. 1862, 392. Phoque a croissant, Bttffdn, H. N. Suppl. 325; Cuv. R. A. i. 166. Harp Seal, Penn. Quad; Griffith's A. K. t. ; Bell, Brit. Quad. 269; Hamiltom, Seals, t. 7; Jukes, Newfonmdland. Swart siide, Egede, Groeml. 62, flg. Attarsoak, Crantz, Grcenl. 16-3. Young. Phoca lagura, Cuvier, Oss. Foss. v. 206; Fischer, Syn. 238; Blainv. Ost4og. Phoca, t. 9 (? dentition); Gaimard, Voy. Islande, t. 11