THE TYPICAL HAREMS OP ARDIGUEN. 



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ARDIGUEN. 



Mr, Glark visited Ardigiien rookery and mapped out certain harems for special 

 observation, making the following notes : 



The seven harems so designated are known in order as A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. The first three 

 are located on the level ground at the month of the gully. The others follow in order helow. 



A contains an active bull, not very old, with 7 cows. One is a large gray cow with a greenish 

 tint in her coat, due probably to sea water. The bull is now talking reassuringly to the cows who 

 were alarmed when first approached. He has a severe wound at the angle of his left fore flipper with 

 the body. There are 4 pups in harem A. A pod of 16 J>ups are playing on the rocks between A 

 and B. There are 3 more on the rooks above A. 



B is a larger harem. It contains 24 sleepy cows. Tliere are 9 pups in the harem, 3 below and 24 

 playing between this harem and C. The bull in B is larger and browner than the one in A. 



C is a big harem on the flat rocks. The big black bull is very uneasy about a young 2-year-old 

 bachelor whom A and B drove into his circle at the time of our first visit to this spot, on the 13th, and 

 which is apparently hanging about. 



Every tiine the big bull gets his eyes on the bachelor he dashes after him, but his attention is 

 soon taken up with one or another of his many cows and the young fellow settles down in a different 

 place in the harem. It is extremely difficult for me to pick him out among the cows, but the bull has 

 no such difficulty. The cows snap listlessly at him and he is in a restless state most of the time, but 

 seems unwilling to get away. 



There are 42 cows in harem C, with perhaps another cow hidden. The bull has been taking a 

 nap; he wakes with a roar and the little bachelor crawls over the cows, who snap at him. When the 

 bull is quiet, the bachelor is also. The 2-year-old crawls into the upper part of harem D and the cows 

 all bite at him till he perches on a flat rock alone out of their reach. 



There are about 25 pups asleep in C. Some are nursing. D contains a big brown bull with a 

 long mane ; 30 cows are with him and about 25 pups are scattered among them. Thirty-four pups 

 form a pod between D and F, next to E. 



E has 10 cows and is a younger bull of domineering disposition. Nine pups are asleep, nursing 

 or scratching their ears, in E. 



F contains a big bull with 4 cows, nearly out of sight, as is also 6 opposite him with 16 cows. 

 Four pups are about F and 20 about G, also 1 lone cow in the rocks asleep. A cow tries to leave G and 

 go to sea; the bull seizes and carries her back bodily. 



Summary of the typical harems on Ardiguen. 



Some of the pups i must have come up from the rocks below. 



JULY 15. 



Dr, Jordan, Dr. Stejneger, Professor Thompson, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Clark, and 

 Captain Moser and Mr. Parmenter, of the Albatross, accompanied Treasury Agent 

 Crowley on the drive from the Eeef. During the forenoon Dr. Jordan and Mr. Clarlc 



! When the count of live pups came to be made later on, it was found that the disproportion 

 between, cows and pups was due to the absence of the former at sea. 



