322 EEPORTS OF BERING SEA COMMISSION. 



Fai-seais. fully half of their lives on land ; they climb steep 

 and high hills with comparative ease, and have 

 been known to travel inland fnlly three miles. 

 The hair seals are strictly aquatic, spending most 

 of the time in water, and some sj^ecies hardly 

 visit the shore at all. 



PRINCIPAL FACTS IN THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE 

 FUR-SEAL. 



Homes of the 1. The Northern fur-seal (CaUorJiinus ursinus) 



fur-seal. 



. is an inhabitant of Bering Sea and the Sea of 

 Okhotsk, where it breeds on rocky islands. Only 

 four breeding colonies are known, namely, (1) 

 on the Pribilof Islands, belonging to the United 

 State's; (2) on the Commander Islands, belonging 

 to Russia; (3) on Robben Reef, belonging to 

 Russia, and (4) on the Kurile Islands, belonging 

 to Japan. The Pribilof and Commander Islands 

 are in Bering Sea; Robben Reef is in the Sea of 

 Okhotsk near the island of Saghalien, and the 

 Kurile Islands are between Yezo and Kam- 

 chatka. The species is not known to breed in 

 any other part of the world. The fur-seals of 

 Lobos Island and the south seas, and also those 

 of the Galapagos Islands and the islands off 



