VI TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Habits of Southern fur-seals— Coutinued. Page. 



Landing of seals 378 



Longevity 379 



Account of habits by George Comer 379 



Habits of pups 380 



Young males 380 



Seals proper or hair-seals: 



Inhabit all parts of the world 381 



Habits 381 



Subfamilies 381 



1. Harbor seals 381 



2. Ringed seal 381 



3. Harp seal 382 



Habits of 382 



Breeding grounds 382 



Growth and habits of pups 382 



Sealing in Gulf of St. Lawrence and coast of Newfoxindlmd 382 



Decline of herd 383 



Jan Mayen sea fishery 383 



Close time adopted 383 



Present close time insufficient 383 



Strict regulations necessary 383 



White Sea 384 



Nova Zembla 384 



4. Caspian seal 384 



Permits to hunt, sold by Russia 384 



5. Lalce Baikal seal 384 



6. BiUon seal 384 



7. Bearded seal 384 



8. Ch-ay seal 385 



9. Monk seal 385 



10. West Indian seal 385 



Bahama and Alacran Islands 385 



Destruction of 386 



11. Leopard seal 386 



12. Crab-eating seal 386 



13. WeddelVs seal 386 



14. Boss's seal 386 



15. Rooded-seal 387 



16. California sea-elephant 387 



Report of Capt. Scammon on 387 



17. Southern sea-elephant 388 



Habits described by Morrell 388 



South Shetland Islands 389 



Islands in South Pacific and Indian Ocean 389 



History of sea-elephant hunting 389 



Increasing scarcity of sea-elephauts 390 



General summary: 



Unrestricted killing always leads to extermination 390 



Extermination of southern fur-seals 390 



Sea-elephants almost extinct 391 



Decline of hair, harp, and hooded-seals 391 



International provision for a close season 391 



