The book The Seals And Whales of the British Seas was written by author Southwell, Thomas, 1831-1909 Here you can read free online of The Seals And Whales of the British Seas book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Seals And Whales of the British Seas a good or bad book?
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" The principal distinctive characters of the skull lie in the great raised crests of the maxillary bones, which are very much thickened Zoologist, 1S7S, p. 319. M I02 SEALS AND WHALES OF THE BRLTLSH SEAS. and flattened above, so as almost to touch one another, whereas, in H. rostraiiiin, they are rather sharp-edged above, and separated by a considerable interval. In H. latifroiis, these crests rise absolutely higher than the occipital region of the skull, which is not the case in the common sp...ecies."* Individuals possessing these peculiarities have been taken three or four times on the British coast, and on one occasion, in Greenland. Another was stranded in 1873, at Hasvig, near Hammerfest, and identified by Professor Sars from its remains ; its length was 30 feet (Norse), and the colour dark on the back, but lighter beneath. f It has, however, been suggested, with much probability, by Eschricht, that these individuals are, after all, only the males of the preceding species ; for all the specimens with broad crests, of which the sex was noted, were males.
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