110 HABITS OF THE FUR-SEALS. 



Change of rook- W est Coast, and they are summarized in the sec- 



eries based on ' J 



hearsay. tions referred to; but such statements the Com- 



missioners have failed to authenticate. By way 

 of further proof of the same assertion the Report 

 presents the allegation that new breeding- rookeries 

 had been at times noted on the Kamchatka coast 

 (Sees. 518, 519), which, however, were not visited 

 New Asiatic by the British officials. Mr. Malowanski, who is 



rookeries. J 



the agent of the Russian Sealskin Company, was 

 induced by the "various good authorities on the 

 Commander Islands," on whom the Commis- 

 sioners rely for this statement (Sec. 518), to visit 

 a reputed fur-seal rookery on the Kamchatka 

 coast, and found the reported fur-seals were sea- 

 lions. 1 If all the incipient breeding rookeries 

 alleged to exist on the Asiatic coast were exam- 

 ined, doubtless they would be found to be similar 

 to the one above noted. Mr. Grebnitzki, already 

 referred to, states that he deems it to be wholly 

 improbable that the Commander herd visits any 

 land other than the Commander Islands. 2 

 One home of The United States deny that the Alaskan seals 



Alaskan seal herd. 



have any other home than the Pribilof Islands, 

 or that, even if constantly disturbed by man while 

 on the rookeries, they would seek a new habi- 

 tation. In this connection, the attention of the 



1 John Malowanski, post p. 376. 

 * N. A. Grebnitzki, post p. 363. 



