6 TABLE OF CdNTF.NTS. 



CiiAi'TKij III. — TiiK Home of tiih Fiit Sicals — Contiimeil. 



A. The Pribilot' Islauds — C.iiitinneil. Page- 



Sivntch Kock 32 



The rlimate 32 



No good Iiiirbors 32 



Vegetation 33 



The mammals 33 



The birds 33 



Inhabitan ts 33 



Conditious in Russian days 34 



Conditions in American days 34 



The handling of the sials 34 



The support of the Aleuts 35 



The Government agents 35 



B. The fur-si-al rookeries 36 



The breeding grounds 36 



The hauling grounds 36 



The 8t. Paul rookeries 36 



Vostochui 36 



.Morjovi 37 



I'olovina 37 



Lukanin 38 



Kitovi 38 



Reef 38 



Sivutrh Rock 38 



Gorbatch 39 



Ardiguen 39 



Spiiki 40 



Lagoon 40 



Tolstoi 40 



Zapadni 40 



Little Zapadni 40 



Zapadni Reef 41 



Maruuichen 41 



The St. George rookeries 41 



Zapadni 41 



Staraya Artel 41 



North 42 



Little East 42 



East 42 



CriAi'TEu IV. — The Fir Seal or Sea Beak: 



Its relatives 43 



The sea bear and true seal 43 



The fur seals of the Antarctic 43 



The fur seals of the North I'acilic 44 



Steller's account 44 



The throe herds 44 



The Fribilof herd 44 



The Komandorski herd 44 



The Robbeu Island herd 45 



Three distinct species 45 



t'allorhinus alascanus 45 



Callorhinus nrsiiuis 45 



Callorhiuus curileusis 45 



The nomenclature of the fur seal 46 



The categories of seals .' 46 



The male 46 



