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Table 
Dates 
Observations 
No. 
of Survey Seen 
of Hawaiian Monk Seals at Nihoa Island. 
Remarks and References 
1867 
27 Apr. 
About a 
dozen 
Seen on beach. Several shot by King Kamehema IV 
(Ral£ in Emory, 1928:9)• 
I 9 if 0 
7-15 Aug * 
0 
(Vanderbilt and de Schauensee, 19 ^ 1 : ^ ). 
1953 
21-22 Dec 
4 
0 
(Kenyon & Rice, 19592217 ). 
1954 
18 Mar, 
0 
(Kenyon & Rice, 19592217 ). 
1957 
28 Dec • 
0 
■ (Rice, 1960 : 377 ). 
1964 
6-7 Mar. 
1 
A seal seen lying on the small beach on the west 
side of Adames Bay on 6 Mar, An adult seen swimming 
* 
offshore later in the day (POBSP). 
23-24 Sepl. 
1 
An adult seen swimming near the landing site 
• 
• 
(BSPW, POBSP). 
1965 
13-1^ Jfer/ 
6 
Three seen each day. Two were adults (a male and 
a female) and four were subadults (one a female) 
(BSFWr, POBSP), 
1966 
28 juiy- 
1 Aug. 
0 
(BSPW, POBSP). 
1967 
8-9 Mar. 
0 
(BSFW, POBSP). 
13-l 4 Sept- 
0 
(BSPW). 
1968 
7-9 Mar. 
0 
(BSPW, POBSP) 
24 -^? Aug. 
0 
• 
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1969 
21 Mar, 
0 
(BSPW). 
29 May* 
<5 
(BSPW). 
