120 nABITS OF THE ALASKAN SEAL. 



Departure from her to remain 111)011 tlie islands until about the 



islauds. 



middle of November, when the cold and stormy 

 weather induces lier to depart, her pup being 

 then able to support itself. 



THE BACHELORS. 



Anivai at the The bacliclor scals, or nonbreeding males, 



is];iii«ls. _ ^ ^ 



ranging in age from one to five or six years, 

 begin to arrive in the vicinity of the islands soon 

 after the bulls have taken up their positions upon 

 the rookeries,^ but the greater number appear 

 toward the latter part of May.^ They endeavor 

 to land upon the breeding grounds, but are 

 driven off by the bulls^ and compelled to seek 

 the hauling grounds.* 

 The kiiiahie Fi'om tliis class of scals are chosen the ones 



class. 



which are killed on the islands for their pelts, the 

 bachelor from two to five years being selected.^ 

 The life on the hauling grounds is passed in 

 sleeping, wandering about and making occa- 

 sional trips to the water.'' The older bachelors 

 spend a good deal of time in the water, their 

 instincts leading- them to remain near the breed- 



ij. Stanley Brown, Vol. II,p.l3; H. H. Mclntyre, Vol. II, p.43; 

 Anton Mclovedoif, Vol. II, p. 144; J. C. Reclpatli, Vol. II, p. 149. 

 2S. N. Buyuifcsky, VoL II, p. 21. 



3 Louis Kimmel, Vol. II, p. 173; Aggie Kusliin, Vol. II, p. 129. 

 * J. C. Redpath, Vol. II, p. 149; Kcrrick Artoinanoff, Vol. II, p. 100. 

 6 S. N. Buynitsky, Vol. II, p. 21 ; Samuel Falconer, Vol. II, p. IGG. 

 «II. H. Mclutyre, Vol. II, p. 42. 



