SEAL LIFE ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



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Table shoivlnf/ the results of observations made on fur seals taken at sea in Bering Sea, 

 August 11 to SI, 1895, respecting sex, age, pregnancy, and food — Continued. 



SCHOONER. VERA. 

 [Latitude, 54° 54' north; longitude, 168° 55' west. Date, August 12.] 



Sex. 



Age. 



Female ... 1 year 



.do Nursing .. 



.do 2 years 



.do Nursing .. 



Uterus, 

 horn show- 

 ing former 

 pregnancj', 



Left 



Right. 



Ovaries. 



Scar result- 

 ing from 

 former 

 pregnancy 

 (corpus albi- 

 cans). 



Sign of 

 recent im- 

 pregnation 



(corpus 

 luteum). 



Left .. 

 Right". 



Stomach contents. 



Empty. 



Right Worms. 



Three squid; small fish. 



Left : Four squid beaks. 



SCHOONER ENTERPRISE. 



[Latitude, 54° 54' north; longitude, 168° 48' west. Date, August 12.] 



Female . 

 . . . .do . . 

 ....do .. 

 ....do .. 



Male 



. . . .do . . 

 ...do .. 

 ....do .. 



Nursing . 



2 year.s . . . 

 Very old . 

 Nursing . 



1 year 



3 years... 



2 years... 



3 years. .. 



Left 



Right. 



(?) 



Right.. 



(?) 



Right ! Many small squid beaks. 



Left ' Squid ; very small fish. 



Left 



(?) 



Do 



Squid; few small fisli. 

 Squid, tentacles 3 inche.s long 

 Few squid beaks, pollock. ? 

 Squid; very small hsh. 

 One squid; many small fish. 



SCHOONER MAUD S. 

 [Latitude, 54° 43' north ; longitude, 168° 45' west. Date, August 12.] 



Male 



do .... 



do.... 



do .... 



Female . . . 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do.... 



do .... 



do .... 



2 years... 



3 years. . . 



do . . 



do .. 



2 years . . , 



..:..do .. 



do .. 



Nursing 

 Virgin . . 

 Nursing 



2 years . . 

 Nursing 



3 years . . 



Right. 



Right Right 



Right Right 



Right Left 



(?) 



Left 



Eiiiptv. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Small squid. 

 Kni])ty. 



Di). 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Squid. 

 Hones of pollock; squid beaks. 



Do. 



SCHOONER VICT(JRIA. 

 [Latitude, 55° 21' north; longitude. 167° 49' west. Date, August 20.] 



Female... 1 year 



do Nursing. 



do 1 year 



do do . .. 



do Nursing . 



.do do . .. 



.do 2 years .. 



.do Nursing . 



.do do ... 



.do do . . . 



.do do 



.do do . .. 



.do do ... 



.do [ 1 year 



.do........ 



, Empty. 



Left Left | Right | Squid' small fish, jtolloct . 



' I Empty. 



I Blood! 



Right. 

 Left .. 



(?) 



Left. 



.do 



Left Left Right. 



do ...do do 



do do j do 



Right Right ] Left 



-do 



Left 



.do 

 Left 



Right ' Squid, small flsh, large fish 



(cod). 

 Squid, small fish, pollock. 



Do. 

 Blood. 



Squid; small fish. 

 Cod. 

 Empt\ . 



do Squid; small fish (cod.'). 



Right Do. 



Empty. 

 Do. • 



a Serial number used only where specimens were saved. 



