SUBJECT INDEX OF APPENDIX. 459 



Percentage of females in catch in Bering Sea 370 



taken by pelagic sealers 374 



prime skins 278 



Perkins, George C, deposition of 319 



Petroft", Ivan, letter of, confessing misconduct in translating 153 



Polygamous nature of seals 361 



Preiss, C. W., deposition of 383 



Preservation of herd, requirements for 279 



Pribilof Islands : 



Annual killing on, 1871-1889 '....425-427 



Evermann's notes on rookeries of 264-273 



Journals, examined by British Commissioners 397 



No seals in Bering Sea unattached to 370 



Sealskins from, entered at San Francisco, 1872-1889 409 



taken on, in 1860-1866 193-199 



1869 and 1870 413,414 



Visit of British Commissioners to 398 



Price of pup skins 381 



Prices of Alaskan sealskins, statement of, from 1874 to 1889 369 



Prime sealskins, percentage of 278 



Prodromus of Zoology of Victoria, extract from 292 



Prohibition of pelagic sealing, absolute, necessary 366, 375 



Protection by zones impracticable 218, 370 



in North Pacific and Bering Sea necessary 218, 371 



of cows 365,377 



Provisions for sealing vessels, cost of 246, 247 



Pups: 



Affection of cows for 388,393,398 



Birth of 277,363,391,393 



on Commander Islands 373 



Color of, at birth 277 



Dead, from starvation 366 



not caused by epidemic 366, 385 



great number of, in 1891, caused by pelagic sealing 389 



in 1892, cause of 389 



on Commander Islands 366, 374 



on Pribilof Islands 263,267,269,271,370,378 



Death of mothers causes death of 366 



Departure of, from islands 278 



Learning to swim 278 



Nursing of 277 



Skins of, killed for food 368 



price of 381 



purchased by Alaska Commercial Company, number of 381 



Swimming of 267,268,363 



Weight of, at birth 277 



Quota, annual, of seals taken on Russian islands, decrease of 364 



on Pribilof Islands, 1860-1866 193-199 



St. Paul Island, 1860-1866 193-199 



Raids : 



Col. Murray denies statements as to, attributed to him by British Commis- 

 sioners 379 



Decrease of females by 365 



No, while British Commissioners were at islands 399 



Record of seals killed on Pribilof Islands examined by British Commissioners. 37°* 



