The Marbled Seal, according to Cuvier,

Phoca discolor. Plate IV.

The Bearded, or Great Seal,

Phoca barbata. Plate V.

The Pied Seal,

Phoca bicolor. Plate VI.

The Harp, or Greenland Seal,

Ph. Grænlandica. Plate VII.

The Ocean Seal,

Ph. Oceanica. Plate VII..

The Rough, or Bristled Seal,

Ph. Hispida. Plate VIII.

The Hare-Like Seal,

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SEA-LIONS.

GENUS PLATYRHINCUS,

Sea-Lion of Steller,

Phoca Jubata,

The Sea-Lion of Forster.

The Sea-Lion of Pernetty.

GENUS ARTOCEPHALUS.

The Pusilla, or Cape Otary,

Otaria Pusilla.

The Ursine Seal.

Plate XXII.

Sea-Bear.

O. Ursina. Plate XXI.

The Ursine Seal, or Sea- Bear of Forster.

Plate XXIII.

Lesson's Otary,

The Dugong,

The Sea-Bear of Steller,

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From Specimen in the British Museum.

Plate XX.

GENUS STELLERUS.

Plate XVIII.

Plate XIX.

O. Molossina. Plate XXIII.

THE ASH-COLOURED AND WHITE-NECKED OTARIES,

The Common Fur-Seal of Commerce,

O. Falklandina. Plate XXV.

+ Doubtful Seals and Otaries,

Phoca Fasciata, &c.

Alleged Sea-Ape,

GROUP II. THE HERBIVOROUS CETACEA,

GENUS MANATUS. (The Mermaid.)

The Manatee of the West Indies,

Manatus Americanus.

Manatus Senegalensis,

Plate XXVI.

GENUS DUGUNGUS.

Dugungus Indicus.

Stellerus Borealis,

Plate XXVII.

GROUP III.

SEA MONSTERS.

THE GREAT SEA-SERPENT,

Scoliophis Atlanticus ?

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Sea-Serpent, as seen off the British Isles,

off the Coast of America,

Hans Egede's Account. Plate XXVIII.

Pontoppidon's. Plate XXIX.

THE KRAKEN. Plate XXX.

PORTRAIT OF PERON,

Vignette Title-page.-Walrus Hunt,

In all Thirty-three Plates in this Volume.

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MEMOIR

OF

M. FRANCOIS PERON.