142 THE BULLS. 



ing in the surf, may be seen. By the middle of September the system- 

 atic organization of the rookeries is entirely broken up, and the major 

 part of the seals have left the land. 



By the middle of August the cows have been fertilized for the next 

 year, after which the harems are abandoned, and 

 L. A. Noyes,p. 81. the bulls begin to leave the islands, and the fe- 

 males and bachelors (or young males) intermin- 

 gle indiscriminately on the rookeries. 



DEPARTURE FROM THE ISLANDS. 



Page 112 of The Case. 



J. Stanley Brown, p. 15. When the season is over the bulls, now reduced 

 in weight, tind their way to the sea for recupera- 

 tion. 



When they arrive they are enormously fat, weighing from 500 to 700 

 pounds, but when they depart in August or Sep- 

 Samiiel Falconer, p. 166. tember they are very lean and lank. 



C. L. Foider, p. 25. And most all of them leave in August and Sep- 



tember, and I have seen a few as late as October. 



John Fratis, p. 108. And the bulls begin to go away late in August 



and all through September, so that very few are 

 left in October. 



The bull seal arrives at the island early in May, and takes his place 

 on the breeding rookery, and he stays there until 

 Aggei Eushen,p. 129. August or September without food. 



When the season ends and the compact family organization breaks 

 up, the bulls begin to leave the islands, going 

 Anton Melovedoff,p.lU. away s i ow l y through September and early Octo- 

 ber before they are all gone. 



VITALITY. 



Page 112 of The Case. 



(See 'Towers of Fertilization" and 'Tasting.") 



THE COWS. 



AGE. 



Page 113 of The Case. 

 (See also "Number of Pups at a Birth.") 



Under my direction microscopic examinations were made of the fe- 

 male reproductive organs, which showed that 



Cnaa. Bryant, p. 6. some of the older females had borne at least eleven 

 to thirteen pups. 



