604 



INDEX. 



Kookeries — Continued. Page. 



.'si>earliea(l.s on 485, .587 



spreading of 370, CttH 



stench of 361 



thinning out of 330 



unf.ivoraHc areas .■ 403, 407, 41.3, .50.'-) 



Suliatiha Dira rookery 453 



San Diego, capture of 264 



Seal carcasHe.'<; 



■salted for fox food .560, .571 



Seal herd : 



need of systematic study 387, 418 



Sealing season : 



close of 204,277,280,284 



closed 1)y order 28fi 



late opening of 277 



Sea lions .... 297. 335, 337, 3.38, 361, 368, 138, 519, 537 



dead ))np8 among 336 



drive of 267 



excrement ol' 424 



females killed 273 



fighting of hulls 336, .538 



food of 424 



hahi ts of 338, 424, 537, .538 



indifference to seals 2.. 7, 538 



killed for food 260,273 



pups 338, .538 



shot for specimens 424, 438 



stampede of rookery 338 



treatment of pups ,538 



Sea Lion Xeck 337 



count of 316 



dejid pups on 316,400 



live pujxs on 427 



Sea Lion Rock. (Sec Sivutch.) 



Seal skins : 



salting of 346 



shot 344 



defective 4.59, 507, 530 



weight of 467, 525, 530, 534, 540, 545, 560 



Seals : 



absence of memory 3.33 



actions on drives 310 



actions about boat 494 



actions under confinement 462, 589 



att'ecteil liy clear weather 435 



affected by oil-making plant 271 



ages of 351,406,426,441,588 



alimentary canal of 261,579 



arrivals of. 260, 



268, 273, 279, 280, 288, 381, 516, 522, 544 



attempts at domestication 381 



attitudes of 423 



blind 340, 346, 427, 438, 554, 565, 577 



branding of 447, 455, 467, 517, .583 



brought to San Francisco 381 



buckshot in 298,334,339,375 



Seals — Continued. Page. 



causes of mortality among 345,464 



cliaracteristics of 358 



clubbing of 312 



comparison of the two herds 453, 4.58 



condition at sea 401,405,406,460 



conditions detirmiuiug breeding home. 358 



cooling of before killing 339 



culling, by means of chute 461 



curiosity of 327.336,378,424 



•lead 362, 412, 563, 564. 567, 571, 575 



decrease of 298, .559, 563, 564, .567, 571 



defective eyesight of 327, 443 



departure of 2.58, 



259, 276, 278, 279, 280, 287, 288, 289, 515 



diffnnlly of injury to 365 



disinclination to le.ivc rookeries 496, .502 



•lissections of 379, 386, 391, 414, .574 



disturbances of 263, 363, 493, 496 



driven in by gale 442, 503 



driven off by rain 508 



driven off by storm 292 



driving of 310 



effect of heat on 327,438,443,444 



effect of presence of man 387,466 



effect of report of gun on 257, 571, 576 



effect of storm on 473 



effect of sunshine on 264,444 



effect of thunder on 441 



effect on temperature of water 421 



estimate for Commander Islands 4.54 



excitability of 383 



experiments in culling 4()0 



fall from cliffs 395,498 



fatigue of, on drives 311 



fear of sudden movements 301, 378 



food of 406, 460, .503, 554 



fright of 504 



frightened l)y mules 537 



frightened liy sheep 261 



herding in the Lagoon 419,461, 588 



indifference to blood 438 



indifference to fate of companions 335 



indiffi'rence to man 323, 348, 380, 438, 467 



indifference to odors 333 



indifference to sea lions 297, 538, .539 



indirectness of action 327 



individual space occupied by 314, 



323, 337, 372, 405, 496, 508 



in fresh-wjiter lakes 341 



injured 296,324,350,574 



injured (?) in lumbar regions 367 



insensibility to pain 316 



instincts of 362 



killable 467 



late arri val of 265, 278 



lung c<in^<',stiou from driving 386 



