SUBJECT-INDEX. 605 



Migration. Page. 



Antarctic seals nave no 162 



Course of Alaskan herd 164 



Dnring, seal herd does not enter inland waters 195 



During-, seal herd does not land 188, 195 



Lack of food supply a cause of 161 



Manner of traveling during 186 



Of Alaskan seal herd 161 



Of Russian seal herd 208 



Seals travel in irregular body. (See Migration : Manner of tra\ eling.) 



Winter weather a cause of 161 



Natives of Prihilof Islands, condition of. (See Condition of natives.) 



Naturalists, opinions of 490 



Dr. Henry H. Giglioli 492 



Dr. J. A. Allen 490 



Dr. P. L. Sclater 193 



Dr. Raphael Blanchard 491 



Prof. Lilljehorg 493 



Prof. Nordenskiold 493 



Prof. T. H. Huxley 492 



Newfoundland regulations protecting hair sea Is 488 



New Zealand, protection of seals at 488 



North Pacific Ocean, necessity of protecting seal herd in. (See Protection.) 

 Northwest catch. (See Pelagic catch.) 



Number dead pups in 1891 470 



Number of male seals, killing of, a benefit 233 



Number of seals allowed to be killed 232 



Number of seals lost of those killed 385 



Number of seals to be killed fixed by Secretary of the Treasury 232 



Nursing females, destruction of, by pelagic sealing 451 



Open-sea sealing. (See Pelagic sealing.) 

 Other seal herds: 



Destruction of 483 



Destruction of, caused by indiscriminate killing 483 



Outfit of sealing vessels 337 



Overdriving 247 



Skins saved when seals killed by 236, 237 216 



Overheating. (See Overdriving.) 

 Pelagic catch : 



Eighty to ninety per cent female seals. (See Furriers, British, testi- 

 mony of, as to pelagic catch.) 



Examination of, on vessels seized^ 427 



Of 1892, examination of 419 



Testimony of American furriers as to number of females in 413 



Testimony of British furriers as to number of females in 4 • 



Testimony of French furriers as to number of females in 411 



Testimony of pelagic sealers as to number of females in 422 



Pelagic sealers: 



Opinions of, as to cause of decrease 321 



Opinions of, as to need of protection 497 



Testimony of, as to number of females in catch 422 



Weapons used 362 



Pelagic sealing, absolute prohibition of, necessary. (See Prohibition of pe- 

 lagic sealing.) 



