Plate VI. 



Monograph— SEAL-ISLANDS, 



A. Old " Seecatch," or male, 8 to 24 years. 



B. Young " Seecatch," 6 to 8 years. 



C. "HoUuschickie," or young males, 2 years. 



THE FUR-SEAL. 



(Callorhinus ursinus.) 



D. " Matkah," or cow nnising her " pup," I. 



E . Cow fanning herself. 



F. Cow sleeping. 



Life-studies by the author : Pribylov Islands, 1872. '76. 



G. Cow napping and fanning herseli. 



H. Cow crooning to the male. 



J. Characteristic twisting of bodies of old males. 



