CENSUS OF ROOKERIES IN 1896. “91 
KITOVI ROOKERY TAKEN AS TYPICAL. 
Applying then the average of Kitovi to the rookeries of St. Paul on which indi- 
vidual counts could not be made, we obtained the following tentative census for this 
island: 
Census of harems and cows, St. Paul.- 
Rookery. Pee Harems.| Cows. 
FRitOVi @ 2.20. cece eee cece ee cece cette ene e eee July 13 182 38, 152 
Lukanin -.....---.--....25---- -+| July 20 47 | 2,543 
Lagoon a ...-....-.... é --| July 13 120 1,474 
Tolstoi (main)........ ASRS Diarra ees dacislawtoieleieic duly 14 389 6, 729 
Tolstoi (clitts) a ...... wigicieraminis epsisiaisincioisiaiciie July 14 108 1, 498 
OI ONYD sow ch cai iniracnedesuniasamencnbnnce tiaeisa® July 14 583 | 10, 085 
Little apa. Sipe a wie din wigia 6 Seinen wide Siaetaie July 14 210 2, 400 
Zapadni Reef -.| July 14 176 2, 256 
Gorbatch.. July 16 302 5, 224 
Ardiguen a July 16 27 550 
Reef. .... July 16 504 8, 710 
Sivutch Rock --| Aug. 12 63 1, 090 
PONG, CBR) scscicnsiass inesindnramuiesa eins gieinean ae July 23 |: 138 | . 2,387 
Polovina (cliffs) a. Seiten ate ertclaoud Here maweeaaaadenal July 15 86 1, 268 
Polovina( Little): .t.cc.e0sccseausr sesesciececnacnces 45 _ 179 2! 
Vostochnibd 975 | 15,879 
Morjovib..... is 5 4 293 4, 328 
Total. 4,348 | 70,36] 
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a@Cows and harems counted, 
b Cows and harems counted in part only. All other rookeries were counted only by harems. 
ORIGINAL COUNTS OF ST. GEORGE UNSATISFACTORY. 
The rookeries of St. George had been counted on the 8th, 9th, and 11th of July 
before the counts on St. Paul were made. Later experiences led us to doubt the 
trustworthiness of these earlier counts, and, furthermore, the condition of the rookeries 
of St. Paul being different from that witnessed on St. George, it seemed likely that 
at the time of our first landing on the latter island, the season had not yet reached 
its height. 
This view was strengthened by the fact that while the original count gave to St. 
George only one-tenth as many seals as were found on St. Paul, the former island had 
farnished more than one-fifth of the quota of killable seals. In the latter part of July 
we made a more careful count of bulls on Zapadni and North rookeries, which gave 
a much higher number of families than were shown on the original estimates. Finally, 
when live pups were counted on Little East Rookery, they were found to exceed the 
cows counted on the 9th of July by 4 to 1. 
ESTIMATE FOR ST. GEORGE. 
Having these matters in mind, in preparing the estimate for St. George Island 
last season, a compromise was reached in which all these elements had a share. This 
estimate was as follows: 
Census of cows and harems, St. George. 
Rookery. ° Harems, Cows. 
225 3, 891 
761 
“8 i 135 2,335 | 
Staraya Artel..... piieistiiok 75 1, 297 
ZAPAGDA oi ain cian ccsinenniew oe enwsacwsie reese seieniecnee sinwrecrees 182 3, 148 
DOG 2 win ants sicisie cigre ais aie ciara ata nie din wiersiaidscierareisie sielesis acai 661 11, 432 
