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THE PUR SEALS OF THE PKIBILOP ISLANDS. 



Record of the eaich of fur seals and of the number of each sex taken daily iy the sealing schooner Dora Siewerd 

 during a cruise in Bering Sea m August and /September, 1895, as determined by A. B. Alexander. 



Aug. 1 

 2 

 3, 



i. 



9 



ID 

 11 

 12 

 U 

 15 

 15. 

 17 

 18. 

 19. 

 20 

 21, 



Aug. 22 



24.... 



26.... 



27.... 



28.... 



31.... 

 Sept. 1...- 



2 



8.... 

 9.... 



10...- 



15... 



20. .. 



Total 



Males. 



12 



10 



62 



68 



14 



5 



120 



6 



7 



4 



5 



10 



4 



Females. 



32 



11 



95 



78 



43 



6 



216 



4 



3 



5 



12 



Total. 



44 



21 



157 



146 



57 



11 



336 



10 



10 



9 



17 



24 



10 



1,677 



aOn August 15 twelve skins were taken, of which the sexes were not determined. 



Approximate ages of the seals and the number of nursing females taken during the cruise of the sealing 

 schooner Dora Siewerd in Bering Sea in August and September, 1895, based upon examinations made by 

 A. B. Alexander-. 



ttAU females above 2 years old are classed as adults, "ad." 



