This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ... writers with the sea-elephant, Macrorlriuus leoniMHs, and its reference is inextricably entangled with the fur-seal at the Falklands, Kerguelen's Land, and the Crozettes. The proboscidean seal, however, seems to be the only pinniped which visits the Antarctic continent; but that is a mere inference of mine, because so ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ... writers with the sea-elephant, Macrorlriuus leoniMHs, and its reference is inextricably entangled with the fur-seal at the Falklands, Kerguelen's Land, and the Crozettes. The proboscidean seal, however, seems to be the only pinniped which visits the Antarctic continent; but that is a mere inference of mine, because so littlo is known of those ice-bound coasts, and Wilkes, who gives the only record made of the subject, saw no other animal there save this one. interspersed over the anterior regions down to those posterior. I have never seen any of the old bulls or cows thus mottled, and this is likely due to some irregularity of shedding in the younger animals; for I have not noticed it early in the season, and it seems to fairly fade away so as not to be discerned on the same animal at the close of its summer solstice. Many of the old bulls ha%Te a grizzled or "salt and pepper" look during the shedding period, which is from the 10th of August up to the 10th or 20th of November. The pups, when born, are a rich dark-chestnut brown; this coat they shed in October, and take one much lighter in its stead; still darker, however, than their parents. Arrival At And Departure From The Pribylov Islands.--The time of arrival at, stay on, and departure from, the islands, is about the same as that which I have recorded as characteristic of the fur-seal; but, if the winter is an open, mild one, some of the sea-lions will frequently be seen about the shores during the whole year; and then the natives occasionally shoot them, long after the fur-seals have entirely disappeared. Great Range Of Sea-lion: It Is Not Restricted To The Seal-islands--Again, it does not confine its landing to the Pribylov islands alone, as the fur-seal unquestionably does, with reference ...
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Very Good. First printing, 1882. Quarto, green cloth gilt, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR in 1890 to Senator Julius C. Burrows (Michigan). 176 pp., illustrated with plates and maps, some folding, complete, very good copy with light wear to binding, bumping to corners, contents very good, slightly age toned, minor occasional stains and spots, nice copy. RARE, especially inscribed.
