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If more than one figure was given for a visit only the highest is presented 
here. Pup figures are given if the authors indicated that they were 
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counted separately or looked for and not found. Survey counts from Kure 
are not included. 
Inter and Intra-atoll Movement - Eight instances of inter-atoll move¬ 
ment were recorded, including two round trips (Figure 5). Three individuals, 
an adult male and a subadult male and female, tagged on Laysan Island 
(25° 4* N Lat, 171° 4* W Long) in February 1963 were subsequently reported 
at Pearl and Hermes Reef, 280 miles to the northwest, all in March 1964. 
The adult male was found back on Laysan in March 1965. A subadult male 
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tagged on Laysan in February 1963 was found on Lisianski Island (26 0‘ N 
Lat, 173° 5 1 W Long) in March 1964, a move of 130 miles. An adult female 
tagged at Pearl and Hermes in February 1963 was found at that atoll in 
March 1964, and then on Lisianski in March 1965. These islands are 150 
miles apart. An adult female tagged at Pearl and Hermes in March 1963 was 
found dead on the beach at Midway Island (28° 1* N Lat, 177° 1* W Long), 
100 miles to the northwest, in December 1964. There wereno apparent ex¬ 
ternal injuries, according to the report received from Navy personnel. 
A subadult male tagged at Kure in October 1963 and last seen there in 
March 1964 was seen at Midway, 57 miles east of Kure, in November 1964. 
This seal was with a second tagged individual whose number could not be 
read. An adult male tagged on Kure in October 1963 and last seen there 
in March 1964 was found on Lisianski, 307 miles to the southeast, on 12 
March 1965. On 27 March 1965 he was back at Kure. 
