.'572 ARTICLE BY DR. J. A. ALLEN. 



in— Genus EUMETOPIAS Gill. 

 3. Stjcllkk's Sea-Lion Eumetojyias stelleri (Peters). 



Habitat : Shores and islands of the North Pacific, from Bering Strait 

 southward to California and Japan. 



rormerly (eighteenth century) abundant along the coast of Kam- 

 chatka, from the Kurile Islands northward. There is 

 still a small colony at the Farallon Islands, oft" the 

 coast of California, and other considerable colonies at the Pribilof, 

 Commander, and other small islands in Bering Sea. It is also found 

 in greater or less numbers in some of the Aleutian Islands, and at a few 

 points on the Alaskan coast, principally of the Aleutian chain. 



It has at present no commercial value, and is killed chiefly by the 

 natives of the coast and islands of Bering Sea, to Avhom it is of great 

 service, every part being utilized, either for food, clothing, or imple- 

 ments. 



IV.— Genus ZALOPHUS Gill. 



4. California Sea-Lion ZaJoplms calif oriiianus (Lesson). 



Rahitat: Coast and islands of California, from lower California, 

 about latitude 23° north to San Francisco. 



This species was extensively hunted for its oil during the first half 

 of the i^resent century, in consequence of which its numbers became 

 greatly reduced. It is now not much molested, as it yields no com- 

 mercial products of value. This is the sea-lion commonly seen in 

 zoological gardens and menageries. 



5. GUAY Sea-Lion. ZaJoplins cinereus (P(^rou). 



HaMtat: Coast and islands of ISTew Zealand and Australia; perhaps 

 sparingly northward to Japan. 



During the first half of this century this species was extensively 

 hunted for its oil, the pursuit ceasing only when the animals became 

 so reduced in numbers as to render the business no longer profitable. 



Section II.— FUR-SEALS (Ouliphoeacce). 



v.— Genus CALLORHINUS Gray. 

 6. Noi;tiieun Fur-Seal CaUorldnns ursinus (Linn.). 



Habitat: The Islands in Bering Sea; at present chiefly the Pribilof 

 and Commander Islands, migrating southward in winter along the 

 American coast to California, and along the Asiatic coast to the Ku- 

 rile Islands. 



This is the species so well known as the source of the sealing in- 

 dustry at the Pribilof and Connnander Islands in Be- 

 mSr isiamiL ^'°"'" i'i"8' ^ea. Although millions of fur-seals have been 

 killed here during the last hundred years, the killing- 

 has been, for the most part, conducted under restrictions imposed by 

 the Russian and the United States governments, with 

 eiraudSodstatcs; <^ "''^^^^' ^'^ secuiing the ])eriiiaiu'nt preservation and pro- 

 ductiveness of the herds. Of late, however, the herds 



