
though, that there were several advantages to having the point upward, The 
tags were not satisfactory because a substantial number of them failed to 
clinch properly. While they were similar to the sheep tags used success- 
fully in 1941, ‘they had a slightly different style of clinching tip and were 
heavier (p. 95, 
(5) Between September 13 and 22, 1948, we tagged 19,532 pups of both 
sexes on St. Paul Island, using a monel tag, sheep-ear size, serial nos. 2 1 = 
B 19,673. The tag was applied to the left armpit. Thirty-five seals died 
in drives, a mortality of 0.17 per cent. 
(6) Between August 29 and September 6, 1949, Karl W. Kenyon and crew 
tagged 19,960 pups of both sexes on St. Paul Island, using a monel tag, 
cattle-ear size, serial nos. CS 1 = CS 20,000. The tag was applied across 
the first and second digits of the left hind flipper, across the penultimate 
phalanges. This tag is conspicuous because of its large size and its 
location at the rear of the seal, 
