102 HABITS OF THE FUR-SEALS. 



The bulls do not parallel, nor do they anywhere state that they 



resort to the "w in- 

 ter habitat." ever heard of a full-grown male below the 56th 



parallel, the assumed northern limit of the winter 

 habitat (Sec. 192, p. 31) which they have created, 

 and Capt. Hooper particularly states that bulls 

 are seldom seen below Baranoff Island, the lower 

 extremity of which is above the said parallel. 1 

 This southern "home" is, therefore, according to 

 the Report, resorted to by but a portion of the 

 seal herd; and that essential part of all animal life, 

 the virile male, has, as is practically admitted, 

 no home but the Pribilof Islands. The new and 

 peculiar habitat alleged by the Commissioners 

 is, therefore, only the winter resort of adult fe- 

 males and the young of both sexes, the remainder 

 of the herd being confined to one home, the 

 Pribilof Islands. 

 The data iusnf- it is, however, denied by the United States 



ficient to estah- J 



lish * that the seals, during any portion of their migra- 



tion, can be said to remain within any limits, 

 such as are assumed in the Report, or that suf- 

 ficient data have been produced, of any sort what- 

 soever, to warrant the construction of Chart II 

 (facing p. 150), especially the area to the right 

 of such chart marked in a blue color, which is 

 stated to represent the "winter habitat" of the 

 fur-seal. 



'Appendix to Case of the United States, Vol. I, p. 504. 



