596 



INDEX. 



Paa;e. 



Bering Island, scarcity of bulls on 448 



Birth of a pup 317 



Black Blufts 468,471,473,475 



Blue foxes 337,443,500,501,539 



Branding 447,455 



with electricity 464,589 



with hot irons 455, 592 



Branded pups 447,471,475,515,583 



condition of .... 467, 476, 480, 484, 485, 488, 515 



counts of 464, 465 



death of 490 



drowned 489 



females only 455 



killed for specimen skin 507 



on Kitovi 471 



on Lukanin 455 



movements of 476 



on North rookery 447, 502 



skin taken at Akun 517 



Breeding season: 



breaking up of 264,344 



height of 330,404 



Bryant: 



record of 257,261,266 



Buckshot in seals 298,339 



Bulls: 



absence of food in stomachs 512 



activity in September 468, 493 



age of 441 



albinos among 313, 322, 346, 383, 581 



arrival of 258, 



260, 262. 265, 268, 276, 280, 282, 285, 288, 290, 516 



attempt to copulate with pups 369, 549 



blind 334,346,438,544,565 



buckshot in 334,339,515 



capacity of, to serve cows 547, 548 



capture of cows 527,532,549 



castrated 380 



climbing of 436 



clipped ears of 280 



coloration of 303,368 



condition of 368, 379 



counts of 416, 



518, 521, 524, 525, 526, 527, 555, 558 



counts of, 1880 274 



count of Beaman 270, 274 



dead 303,322,348, 



376, 402, 403, 408, 439, 524, 539, 556, 567 



dead from exhaustion 560, 563 



defense of harem 335, 355 j 



departure to feed 259, 264, 284, 381 



drives of 437,580 



fasting of 272 



feeding of 372,563 



fighting of 294,297,304,316, 



319, 324, 348, 378, 386, 399, 404, 521, 524, 556 



Page. 

 Bulls Continued. 



hold bachelors as cows 356, 523, 525 



idle 297,299,301,303, 



306, 308, 331, 395, 416, 533, 551, 565, 577 



ignore bachelors 518, 520 



impotency of, so called 363 



in drives 265, 311 



invasion of harems by 546 



injured 304, 



315, 317, 339, 346, 350, 351, 355, 363, 378, 513 



killed for specimens 437, 579, 580 



killing of 258,396,574,580 



killed in evidence of feeding 512 



maltreat cows 353, 535, 537, 549 



on sand beaches 383, 441, 473, 474, 480, 498 



parasites of 576 



present in winter 280 



pretended inj uries of 365, 439 



recorded scarcity of 264, 265 



rejuvenation of 482 



reserves of 264,265,361 



return from feeding. . 367, 482, 484, 490, 508, 512 



reported numerous 275, 285 



savageness of 519 



.stealing of cows 531, 532, 549 



testes, notes on 474,504,513 



weight of 563 



wounded 297,334,579 



Bull A 352,465,479,482,508,527 



Carcasses of seals : 



salted for fox food 560, 569, 571 



'Carcass-strewn " driveways 312, 381, 438 



Castration 380,472,474 



Causes of death : 



bites of bulls 354,392,578,581 



classification of 464 



drowning 390 



in parturition 392, 412, 418, 578, 581, 584 



related to rookery ground 390 



starvation 410, 411 



"sunstroke" 395 



Census : 



difficulties of 341 



for 1896 429 



for 1897 580 



for St. George 300 



for St. Paul.. 332 



Charts: 



need of 376 



Chute, the 444,460 



Commander Islands 447, 454 



Commission, the 293,468 



Copulation 295, 



300, 304, 314, 318, 322, 326, 354, 

 368, 369, 379, 393, 398, 439, 530, 

 535, 541, 5.47, 569, 575, 583 



