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Characters of the Pinnipedia Continued. 

 FamUy PHOCIDiE Earless Seals. 



Sealing districts 496-522 



West Greenland ,497 



Newfoundland 497-499 



Jan Mayen or " Greenland " Seas 499-511 



Nova Zenibla and Kara Sea 511 



White Sea 511-513 



Caspian Sea '. 513-517 



North Pacific - 517 



South Pacific and Antarctic Seas 517-522 



Methods of capture, &c 522 



Shore hunting 522-530 



Esquimaux methods 522 



By means of nets 523-528 



The seal-box 528 



The seal-hook 529 



The "Skrackta" 529 



Ice hunting -530 



lu the Gulf of Bothnia 530-534 



Ofl" the coast of Newfoundland 534-540 



In the Jan Mayen Seas 540-542 



Dangers and uncertainties of ice hunting 543-545 



Species hunted 545 



Abundance of Seals at particular localities 546 



Products 546-549 



Preparation of the products 549-551 



Wasteful destruction of Seals 551-553 



Decrease from injudicious bunting 553 



Seals and Seal hunting in the olden time in the Gulf of St. Lawrence . 553-557 



Sub-family PHOCiN.iE 557 



Genus Phoca 557-559 



Phoca vitulina Harbor Seal 559-507 



Synonymy and bibliographical references 559-562 



External chaiacters 562-565 



Distinctive characters 565-571 



Individual and sexual variation 571-573 



Measurements of the skulls 574 



General history and nomenclature 575-584 



Geographical distribution 584-588 



Habits 588-597 



Phoca (Pusa) fcetida Kinged Seal 597-629 



SynonjTny and bibliographical references 597-600 



External characters 000-603 



Individual variation and variations dependent upon sex and age. 603-605 



Measurements of the skull ' 606 



Differential characters 607-614 



Phoca (Pusa) caspica 609-610 



Phoca (Pusa) sibirica 612-613 



Geographical distribution 614-616 



General history and nomenclature 616-619 



Habits 619-629 



Phoca (Pagophilus) gecenl.vndica Harp Seal 630-654 



Synonymy and bibliographical references 630-632 



External characters 632-637 



Sexual and individual variation and variations dependent upon 



age 637 



Measurements of the skull 638 



General history and nomenclature 639 



