COI^TE^TS. 



Letter of 1 raiisniittal 5 



I. The assignment of work 9 



Mr. Jordan 9 



Mr. Ste j ueger 9 



Mr. Lucas 9 



Mr. Clark 9 



Mr. Townsend 9 



Mr. Murray 9 



II. The itinerary 9 



III. The fur seal' calendar 10 



IV. The fur seal or sea bear 10 



Alaskan herd 10 



Kussian herd 10 



Okhotsk herd 11 



Male fur seal 11 



Female fur seal 11 



Young fur seal 11 



Tlie harem 11 



The young male fur seal 11 



Names of the different categories 



of fur seals 11 



The fur seal and the hair seal 12 



The Remipedia 12 



The Pinnipedia 12 



V. The Pribilof Ishinds 12 



St. PaulLsland 12 



St. George Island 12 



Vegetation 13 



Climate 13 



VI. The fur seal rookeries 13 



Breeding grounds 13 



Hauling grounds 13 



St. Paul 14 



Vostochni 14 



Morjovi 14 



Polovina 14 



Poloviua cliifs 14 



Little Poloviua 14 



Lukauin 14 



Kitovi 14 



Reef : 14 



Sivutch Rock 14 



Ardigueu 14 



Gorbatch 14 



Zolotoi 14 



Spilki 14 



Lagoon 15 



Tolstoi 15 



Tohstoi clifts 15 



Tolstoi sands 15 



Zapadni 15 



Little Zapadni 15 



Zapadni Reef 15 



Marunichin '. 15 



Bobrovi 15 



^^ St. George ■- . -15 



VII. Census of the rookeries 15 



A physical impossibility 15 



Sole accurate basis 15 



Count of live pups 15 



Count of cows 16 



Count of harems 16 



Count of de.id pups 16 



Summary of statistics 16 



Total number of fur seals 16 



Losses at sea 17 



The great killer 17 



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 VII. Censu.s of the rookeries — Cont'd. 



Fur seals of all cla.sses 17 



Deaths of fur seals 17 



History of Pribilof herd 17 



Decline of the lierd 18 



Killable seals only noticed by 



most observers. 18 



Distribution of seals on rookeries 18 



Elliott's census of fur seals 18 



Dilticultiesiii lueasiiringacreage. 19 



Kstiuiatesof 1 rueandTownsend 19 



Variations in rookery outlines.. 19 

 Half the cows only present at an j' 



one time 20 



Count of pups 20 



Estimates for 1895 20 



Acreage estimates and photo- 



graplis unsatisfactory 21 



Townsend's crosses 21 



Decrease of harems 21 



Elements of change in the herd. . 21 

 Estimates from quota of bach- 

 elors 22 



Prophecy 22 



Estimates of past conditions 22 



Vni. Breeding habits of the fur seal 22 



All come to the islands 22 



The bull 22 



The cow 23 



Gestation 23 



Dr. Slunin's theories 24 



Cop ular ion 24 



Belated imjjregnation 24 



Height of the season 24 



One at a birth 25 



Equality of sexes in numbers 25 



IX. Alleged changes of habits 25 



No possibility of driving seals 



elsewliere 25 



Precautions against disturbance. 25 



Foolish fears 25 



Interference from examination ... 26 

 The more visited the better, ex- 

 cept in July 26 



Effect-iof odors 26 



Reduction in number of bulls 27 



Natural selection 27 



Instinct and intelligence 27 



X. Pelagic sealing and its effects 28 



Killing at sea 28 



Indiscriminate killing 28 



Numbers of cows 28 



North Pacific catch 28 



Bering Sea catch 29 



All cows pregnant 29 



Virgin cows 29 



Dry cows 29 



Barren cows 29 



Feeding habits 29 



Proportion of females killed 29 



Pelagic sealing a suicidal indus- 

 try 29 



Pelagic sealing sole cause of de- 

 cline of herd 29 



Pregnancy of females at sea 30 



XI. Location of feeding grounds 30 



Individuals can not be followed. .. 30 



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