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Index to report of Behring Sea Commission, etc. — Continued. 



Fowhvr, Mr.— 



Opinion as to dead pnpa in 1891 



Fnr-seal (see also Seals) — 



Abundance of, affected by weather 



" in sea near rookeries 



Becoming more pelagic 



Bred Ibnnerly on rocks in Hecate Strait 



Breedins; trrounds on southern part of North America 



Breedingijlaces of 



Breed on outlying rocks on Asiatic coast 



Change of habits in recent years 



" " on each side of Pacific 



" " produced by disturbance 



Contents of stomachs examined 



Continued abundance at sea 



Date of arrival at Pribyloti' Islands 



" leaving Pribyloff Islands 



Distribution at sea (see Distribution). 



Does not migrate in Southern Hemisphere 



Early take.s of. on Pribylotf Islands 



Evidence of return to same liauling-grounds 



Excess of breeding males in 1871 



Excessive killing of, iu 1868 



Food of (see Food). 



Habitats in winter and summer (see Migration) 



Habits of (see Habit,s) 



Hunted bj' Aleuts 



" Indians from time immemorial 



Increased wariness of 



Maximum age of 



Migration range of (see Migration) 



Most abundant near rookeries , 



Motives for landing 



Northern limit of 



Number killed on Pribyloff Islands 



" seen at sea not ]n-o])ortionate to distance from islands 

 Of eastern side of North Paciiic; extreme southern range of 

 Of North Pacific identical in habits with those of South Seas. 

 Old breeding-grounds of, on — 



Gulf of Georgia 



Haystack Island 



Eace Rocks (near Victoria) 



Smith's Island ( W ashington Territory) 



Place in classification of mammalia 



Possibility of deserting breeding-grounds if too much 



harassed 



Scarcity of, on I'ribyloff Islands, iu 1835-36 



Table of number killed on Pribyloff Islands, 1817-91 



Used as food by Indians 



Varieties of, in Southern Hemisphere 



Furriers — 



Evidence of 



Paragraph. 



a. 



Gaff- 

 Used to secure wounded seals 



Goff, Mr.— 



Opinion on drives 



Report on decrease 



Germany — 



Interests of, in sealing industry 



Grass — 



As indication of rookery area 



Gravid Females — 



Killed off Queen Charlotte Islands 



Killing of, deprecated by pelagic sealers .. 

 " " should be avoided 



Number iu pelagic spring catch 



Seldom killed in Hehring Sea 



Travel rapidly in Behring Sea 



Gray, Captain — 



Letter on hair-seala 



Grelinitzky, M.— 



Views as to migration of seals 



" " proportion of lenialea to males 



" " "stagey " skins 



Greenland- 

 British legislation affecting 



Hair-seal Fishery Regulations 



Norwegian Law and Ordinance , 



348 



408 

 313 



85, 428 



416 



447-450 



30-32 



523 



396-446 



207 



46 



234 



402-407 



188 



174 



29 



772^779 

 270 

 078 



677, 808 



28 



26 



175 



527 



397, SOD, 412-414 



288 



27 



214 



246 



218 



771-780 



215 



190 



836 



Page. 



440 

 800 

 771 

 582 

 835 



653 



C04 



708 

 692 



103 



384-387 



638 

 633 

 80 

 648 

 643 

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202 



54 



202 



172 

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171,172 

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185, 180 



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