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 Newfoundland banks, haul up on the floe 
ice to the east of that island, where they bring forth their young 
about a week 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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