History of North American pinnipeds, a monograph of the walruses, sea-lions, sea-bears and seals of North America . 698 isyellowish-white marbled with dark brown, the latter tint form-ing chains of dark-centred light spots. The front part of thehead is blackish; the lower parts are uniform yearling specimens, from Cumberland Sound, collectedby Mr. Ludwig Kumlien, are whitish or yellowish-white, withsmall dusky or blackish spots. Wagner has described a specimen from Labrador as havingthe back blackish-brown, with a greenish-gray shimmer, andmarked with spots of yellowish
History of North American pinnipeds, a monograph of the walruses, sea-lions, sea-bears and seals of North America . 698 isyellowish-white marbled with dark brown, the latter tint form-ing chains of dark-centred light spots. The front part of thehead is blackish; the lower parts are uniform yearling specimens, from Cumberland Sound, collectedby Mr. Ludwig Kumlien, are whitish or yellowish-white, withsmall dusky or blackish spots. Wagner has described a specimen from Labrador as havingthe back blackish-brown, with a greenish-gray shimmer, andmarked with spots of yellowish of varying size, some of themoccurring singly, and others joined in pairs into 8-shaped figures ;on the sides they form groups of rings, rather symmetricallyarranged on the two sides of the body ; lower surface pale yel-low, with a tinge of olive. A younger specimen, also from EXTERNAL CHARACTERS. 601 Labrador, is described as duller in color, more grayish, andwith coal-black markings.* Kutorgas variety octonotata is described as blackish, darkestalong the back, with whitish spots mostly ce-shaped; lower sur-. face lighter than the upper; the pelage composed of rathersoft, fine hair. The same authors variety, undulata, is de-scribed as blackish-brown, lighter below and darkest along the * Schrebers Siiugt., Th. vii, p. 31. 602 PHOCA FCETIDA RINGED SEAL. back, the spotssilvery-white, of irregular shape, and rarely inthe form of rings. * Mlsson has distinguished a , a white, and a brownish-gray color-variety. The first is described as dark brownish-black, blacker above and more grayish-brown below, markedeverywhere with pale streaks, which sometimes form smallwhitish oval rings; head and neck with single small whitishspots; nose and eye-rings uniform black; limbs uniformbrownish-black. The white variety is described as uniformsoiled-white, slightly darker on the middle of the back. Thebrown variety is said to be uniform brownish-gray; paler below. Mr. Kumlieu states that t
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