estimated 257 adults and subadults and 33 pups to be present by the latter 
date- Twelve adults were found by Woodside and Kramer (op- cit .) on Southeast 
Island in March I 961 . 
Population ; POBSP personnel counted 201 individuals and tagged 9^ at Pearl and 
Hermes in late February and early March 1963 ^ but no pups were found- No counts 
were made in June 1963 * In March 1964^ 121 adults, including ik tagged animals, 
were counted. The following August 125 seals, including two pups found on North 
Island, and 15 tagged individuals were reported. There were two separate counts 
in March 1965 ^ the first from I 7 through I 9 March, included all the islands, and 
the second, on 21 and 22 March, did not include North and Humphrey islands. 
The earlier group found 175 animals, including two pups and six tagged individuals. 
The later group found 124 animals, including one pup and four tagged individuals. 
Reproduction : Pups have been reported in December (Bailey, 195^), and found in 
March and August by POBSP personnel. On Kure Atoll, 157 miles to the northwest, 
the pupping season extends from mid February to early June. The gestation period 
is not known for this species, and copulation has never been observed. 
