THE TYPICAL HAREMS OF AKDIGUEN. 



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ARDIGUEN. 



Mr. Clark visited Ardisnen rookery aud mapped out certain harems for special 

 observatiou, making the following notes: 



The seven harems so designated are known in order as A, B, C, I), E, F, and G. The first three 

 are located on the level ground at the month of the gully. The others follow in order helow. 



A ooutaius an active bull, not very old, with 7 cows. One is a large gray cow with a greenish 

 tint in her coat, due i)robalily to sea water. The bull is now talking reassuringly to the cows who 

 were alarmed when first approached. He has a seven' wound at the angle of his lelt fore llijipir with 

 the body. There arc 4 pups in harem A. A pod of Ki pujis are playing on the rocks between A 

 and 15. There are 3 more on the rocks above A. 



I? is a larger liarem. It contains 24 sleepy cows. There are 9 pups iu the harem, 3 below and 24 

 playing between this harem and C. The bull in B is larger and browner than the one in A. 



C is a big harem on the flat rocks. The big black hull is very uneasy about a young 2-year-oId 

 bachelor whom A and 15 drove into his circle at the time of our first visit to this spot, on the 13th, and 

 which is apparently hanging about. 



Every time the big bull gets his eyes on the bachelor he dashes after him, but bis atlention is 

 soon taken u)) with one or another of his many cows and the young fellow settles down in a ditl'irent 

 place in the harem. It is extremely difficult for me to pick him out among the cows, but tlie bull has 

 no such difficulty. The cows snap listlessly at him and he is in a restless state most of the time, liut 

 seems unwilling to get away. 



There are 42 lows in harem C, with perhaps another cow hidden. Tlie liull has l)ccu taking a 

 nap; he wakes with a roar and fhe little bachelor crawls over the cows, wliosnap at him. When the 

 bull is quiet, the liiichelor is also. The 2-year-old crawls into the upper part of liaiem D and the cows 

 all bite at him till he perches on a flat rock alone out of their reach. 



There are about 25 pups asleep iu C. Some are nursing. D contains a big brown liull with a 

 long mane; 30 cows are with him and about 25 pups are scattered among them. Thirty-four pups 

 form a pod between D and F, next to E. 



E has 10 cows and is a younger bull of domineering disposition. Nine pups are asleep, nursing 

 or scratching their ears, in E. 



F contains a big bull with 4 cows, nearly out of sight, as is also G opposite him with 16 cows. 

 Four pups are about F and 20 about 0, also 1 lone cow in the rocks aslcej). A cow tries to leave G and 

 go to sea; the l)ull seizes and carries her back bodily. 



Siinivtaii/ of the ti/piciil harcitis on Anliijucn. 



Some of the pups' must have come up from the rocks below. 



JULY 15. 



Dr. Jordan, Dr. Stejiiegcr, Profes.sor Thompson, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Clark, and 

 Captain Moser and Mr. Parmenter, of the Albatross, accompanied Treasury Agent 

 Crowley on the drive from the Reef. During the forenoon Dr. Jordan and Mr. Clark 



' When the count of live pups came to be made later on, it was found that the disproportiou 

 between cows and jiups was due to the .absence of the former at sea. 



