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winter, and very few appear to re- 

 turn to the island until they are 3 

 years old, at which a^e they seek 

 the males for sexual intercourse. 

 On the other hand, the males re- 

 turn the following year with the 

 mature females. . . . But the 

 young females, as already 

 126 stated, are not seen in num- 

 bers until they are 3 years 

 old, when they arrive in the height 

 of the breeding season." — ("Mon- 

 ograph of North American Pinni- 

 peds," pp. 401, 402.) 



"The masters and officers of 

 these schooners [of the Alaska 

 Commercial Company], who are fa- 

 miliar with the seals, say they see 

 small groups of small (apparently 

 1- and 2-year-old) seals at all times 

 during July and August. These, 

 I think, may be young females, 

 which, as already stated, do not 

 visit the island till they are 3 

 years old." — ("Monograph of North 

 American Pinnipeds," p. 411.) 



7. "('opulation, described more 

 fully later, usually takes i)lace in 

 the water."— ("On Eared Seals," 

 p. 96.) 



"Owing to the position of the 

 genital organs, however, coition on 

 land seems to be not the natural 

 method, and only rarely, perhaps 

 in three cases out of ten, is the at- 

 tempt to copulate under such cir- 

 cumstances effectual. In the mean- 

 time, the 4- and 5-year-old males 

 are in attendance along the shore. 

 When their jealous lord is off his 

 guard, or engaged in driving away 

 a rival, the females slip into the 

 water, when an attentive 'bache- 

 lor' seal follows her to a distance 

 from the shore. Then breast to 

 breast they embrace each other, 

 turning alternately for each other 

 to breathe, the act of copulation 

 sometimes continuing from five 

 to eight minutes." — (" On Eared 

 Seals," p. 100.) 



"I have seen the male deliber- 

 ately turn the female on her back 

 and copulate in that manner. This, 

 however, happens more frequently 

 in the water than on land. It is 



the hauling-grounds, and the fe 

 male to the rookeries, where she 

 brings forth one pu]i." — (United 

 States Case, Appendix, vol. ii, 

 p. 6.) 



7. "In watching the seals while 

 swimming about the islands I have 

 seen cases where they appeared to 

 be copulating in the water, but I 

 am certain, even if this were the 

 case, that the proj)agation of the 

 species is not as a rule effected in 

 this way, the natural and usual 

 manner of coition being on land." — 

 (United States Case, Aijpendix, 

 vol. ii, I). 6.) 



