158 THE BACHELORS. 



The cows and bachelors begin to leave in Octo- 

 Jno. Fratis, p. 108. ber and November, but their going is regulated 

 somewhat by the weather. 



THE BACHELORS. 



ARRIVAL AT THE ISLANDS. 



Page 120 of The Case. 



Jno. Armstrong, p. 2. The large bachelor seals arrive on the islands 

 from the 1st to the 15th of June each year, sleek 

 and fat as they can be. 



K. Artomanoff, p. 100. Male seals from 2 to 6 years old do not go on 

 the breeding rookeries, but haul out by them- 

 selves. 



Between the arrivals of bulls and females, but rather closely follow- 

 ing the bulls, come the bachelors; those immature 

 J. Stanley Brown, p. 13. young males which furnish the skins of commerce. 

 The natives after the long winter are eager tor 

 fresh meat, and it is usually possible to make drives of them for food 

 not later than May 15, and sometimes from a week to ten days earlier. 



ButhBurdukofskietal., The latter part of March came the " hollus- 

 P- 2° 6 - chickie," or younger bachelor seals; these in turn 



were followed by smaller males. 



The young male seals from 1 to 5 years of age, called " bachelors," 

 come about the same time as the females, but do 

 S. N. Buynitsky, p. 21. not go onto the breeding rookeries, evidently fear- 

 ing the old bulls. These bachelors haul up by 

 themselves on narrow places along the shore left between the breeding 

 rookeries, and from these points proceed inland much farther than the 

 breeding rookeries. 



Geo. Comer, p. 598 The young " wigs " or nonbreeding males, not 

 {Antarctic). being allowed on the rookeries, herd by them- 



selves, and never molest the harems. 



The young male seals from 2 to 5 years old come in May or June and 

 haul out by themselves; the older ones usually 

 C.L. Fowler, p. 25. come first. 



John Fratis, p. 108. The bachelors come in May, the older ones first, 



and they continue coming till July, when the 

 younger ones arrive. 



The bachelors, or young males, began to arrive about the same time 



as the cows. The bachelors try to land on the 



Louis Kimmel,p. 173. breeding rookeries occupied by the bulls, but are 



driven off by the older males and are compelled 



to herd together by themselves separately from the bulls and cows. 



