SEAL LIFE ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 1 
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occasional young seals brought into the villages on the Pribilof Islands 
to be raised as pets, but in no case have they fed, except wheh milk 
was forced into them, and even then they did not live more than three 
weeks. Young seals continue to live entirely upon their mother’s milk 
until late in the fall. During my examination of the rookeries, from 
September 9 to 13, 1 found the females suckling their young as com- 
monly as they are ‘observed doing a month ear lier in the season. One 
handsome albino pup, as large as any of the others, I secured as a nat- 
ural history specimen. It was coffee-colored, with white flippers. It 
was left upon a high rock, and finding, upon my return in the even- 
ing, that two quarts of thick milk had run from its mouth, 1 photoes 
graphed it. It weighed, after losing its milk, 183 pounds. 
I dissected several dead pups, finding in all CE ses an almost complete 
disappearance of fat from under the skin and an entire absence of food 
of any kind in the stomach. Accompanying photographs of dead pups 
illustrate, in a measure, the condition in which they were found, but 
most of the photographs are unsatisfactory. 

List of the charts showing the outlines of the rookeries on the Pribilof Islands, July, 1894,' 
ST. PAUL ISLAND. 
NOEGREAST LOIN ti TOOKOLY ec saa sis eo = Se ae ee eee ae lara crater sips July 13, Chart A 
RO LAVANATOOK OLY 2).h PRE eet ads AN IEE ESR IE UR Pah SOIC July 18, Chart B 
Ketavie and Lukannon rookeries..-........-..-----.------++--+---- July 15, Chart C 
meat andi Garbotchsrookemessqons5 ccs ha sss storie Sane a sae ease July 15, Chart D 
Molstoizand Wa coon TOOKeLIES Nek —- <= 3) sees sae e eee Sterne oaioee July 17, Chart KE 
Zapadnie and English Bay rookeries..............-...-----« July 14, Charts F and G 
ST. GEORGE ISLAND 
SAnEN EAT COO! LOOMED. PITT ALY Vee CRRA gee ee Lees RAT Ly SAN July 27, Chart H 
Nont ber oo lee riya es a5 tS Se es hte IN en RUMEN SS NED Ey ee I Ne Se July 24, Chart I 
Pasttandilittle,;Hast rookeriess... 2. eesces esses < see aeons cence July 20, Chart J 
AA ACU EC IEO O KOT pace rape ca: | Grate cee gey soe ches epee va eer APs cal 2 July 27, Chart K 
List of the photographs of the seal rookeries on the Pribilof Islands, taken in July, 1894, by 
N. B. Miller and C. H. Townsend, showing the dates on which they were made. a 
ST. PAUL ISLAND. 




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perraite | Date on | | Number | | Date on 
Rookery. lestation. |) 0B a | which | Rookery. Station. | 0: P@ | which 
| pe eeen | talcens [ieee taken. 
view. view. 
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Northeast Point ---| 1..-...--. 1 Silky l3) || Wetavie: /../)..-..- } 1) July 15 
"| 2 (north) | Th ebro ea Zl “Do; 
2 (south) - 1 | Do. 4 Do. 
| 2 | 8 Do. | 2 i Do. 
eo! VRC ey [By Ane 5) Do. 
Sy eou || | 5 Do. 
2 Do. 2 Do. 
1 Doz 2 Do. 
Polaving. 224.2. - ‘ 2 Wow teCVolscoi= + ser -wset- 3 | duly 14 
2, Do. | 2 Do. 
2 Do. Lower Zapadnie. . ry Do 
1 Do. 2 | Do. 
6 | July 26 2 | Io. 
Lukannon ......... 3 July15 | Upper Zapadnie..! 2 | Do. 
2 Do. | 3 | Do. 

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a This set of Tin ioraohie i not eeaneiieiod for alien ation, the accompanying series for 189), piel 
ing more reduced condition of rookeries, being deemed suflicient. 

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d “This et or maps not transmitted for publication, the accompanying set for 1895, 
showing more reduced area of rookeries, being deemed sufficient, 
