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this they are not powerful eiiono-li to fifflit the 4^® ^^. "^^^licu 



J i- o o males go m breed- 



older bulls for positions on the harems. mggrouuds. 



17. Cows when nursins: reo'ularly travel lono- .Feeding excur- 



^ <^ -J o sions. 



distances to feed. They are frequently found 

 one hundred or one hundred and fifty miles from 

 the islands, and sometimes at g-reater distances. 



18. The food of the fur-seal consists of fish, F««d- 

 squids, crustaceans, and probably other forms of 

 marine life also. (See Appendix E.) 



19. The great majority of cows, pups, and such ^gj^^Jg'^'*^"^'® ^™"^ 

 of the breeding bulls as have not already gone, 



leave the islands about the middle of November, 

 the date varying considerably with the season. 



20. Part of the non-breeding male seals (hol- 

 luschickie), together with a few old bulls, remain 

 until Januar}^, and in rare instances until Feb- 

 ruary, or even later. 



21. The fur-seal as a species is present at thej.g^j^^^Jl^i^j^J'jg^ 

 Pribilof Islands eight or nine months of the year, 



or from two-thirds to three-fourths of the time, 

 and in mild winters sometimes during the entire 

 year. The breeding bulls arrive earliest and 

 remain continuously on the islands about four 

 months; the breeding cows remain about six 

 months, and part of the non-breeding male seals 

 about eight or nine months, and sometimes 

 throughout the entire year. 

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