BRITISH MAMMALS 



May 1 891, and the last shot at the mouth of the Lossie near Elgin, 

 in February 1903. All these seals appear to have been young animals. 



Mr. Millais {Mammals of Qreat Britain and Ireland^ vol. i. p. 364), 

 describes this species as loving the drift ice and rarely visiting rocky 

 shores, he says : " The Hooded Seals accompany the great body of the 

 Harp Seals that come through the Straits of Belle Isle every winter, 

 and after fishing about the New^foundland banks, haul up on the floe 

 ice to the east of that island, w^here they bring forth their young 

 about a v^eek later than the Harps." 



The Hooded Seal is said to be more courageous than the other 

 species, and will defend itself or young when attacked by sealers on 

 the ice. 



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