DEPARTURE FROM THE ISLANDS. 127 



DEPARTURE FROM THE ISLANDS. 



Page 106 of The Case. 



They will remain on the island until November, and, if not too cold, 

 will stay till December. I have seen them swim- 

 ming around the island late in January. K ' Art °»™»°ff, P- 100. 



The pups leave in November and all seals are gone about the mid- 

 dle of December, except when the weather is very ~ „ . . 

 n -, , i .ft. i -n i • t Karp Buterin, p. 104. 



fine, and then we oiten kill seals m January. * ' r 



On leaving the island the pup goes southward with his mother and 



companions through the Aleutian passes into the „ , „ , 



t~» ?„ ,. ° x Samuel falconer, p. 165. 



Pacific Ocean. ; r 



And I think they would not leave the islands only for the cold 

 weather, or it may be they follow the cows to sea T , „ .. inQ 

 after being weaned. 



Toward the first or middle of November the pups leave the islands; 



they instinctively turn southward toward the ™ ™ , r ™ 



* i A - T i i 1. .t. Morgan, p. 62. 



Aleutian Islands. 



DEPENDENCE UPON ITS MOTHER. 



Page 106 of The Case. 

 (See also " Death of cow causes death of pup.") 



The cow is 3 years old before she bears young. The pups are about 

 45 days old before they can go into the water, but 



they muse the mother as long as they stay on William Brennan, p. 

 the island. °° y ' 



In the first weeks of its life the pup does not seem to recognize its 

 mother, but the latter will recognize and select 

 her offspring among hundreds. J. Stanley Brown, p. 15. 



The young seals require the nourishing care of their mother for at 

 least four months, and pups have been killed on 



t\\e island late in November the stomachsof which J. Stanley Brown, p. 16. 

 were filled with milk. 



The pup is nursed by its mother from its birth so long as it remains 

 on the islands, the mother leaving the islands at 

 different intervals of time after the pup is 3 or 4 Chas. Bryant, p. 5. 

 days old. I have seen pups, which I had pre- 

 viously marked by a ribbon, left for three or four days consecutively, 

 the mothers going into the water to feed or bathe. A mother seal will 

 instantly recognize her offspring from a large group of pups on the 

 rookery, distinguishing it by its cry and by smell; but I do not think 

 a pup can tell its own mother, as it will nose about any cow which 

 comes near it. 



I don't think a pup is weaned till he is 4 months Jas. w. Budington, p. 



old, 595. (Antarctic). 



