Zoological Society bulletin . YOUNG HOODED SEALS IN THE ZOOLOGICAL PARKWhen feeding time arrives the young seals are very alert. They watch for the keeper in a very intelligent manner. THE HOODED SEAL OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC By Harry LXCLUSIYE of the walrus, there are fivedistinct species of seals inhabiting theAtlantic waters contiguous to northeasternAmerica:—the Harbor or Ranger Seal (Callo-cephalus vitulinus, Linnaeus), a small coastalbreeding seal which frequently ascends freshwater streams; the Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida,Schr.), also a small coastal breeding seal;the Harp Seal (Phoca gruen

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Zoological Society bulletin . YOUNG HOODED SEALS IN THE ZOOLOGICAL PARKWhen feeding time arrives the young seals are very alert. They watch for the keeper in a very intelligent manner. THE HOODED SEAL OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC By Harry LXCLUSIYE of the walrus, there are fivedistinct species of seals inhabiting theAtlantic waters contiguous to northeasternAmerica:—the Harbor or Ranger Seal (Callo-cephalus vitulinus, Linnaeus), a small coastalbreeding seal which frequently ascends freshwater streams; the Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida,Schr.), also a small coastal breeding seal;the Harp Seal (Phoca gruenlandica, Fabr.),somewhat larger than the two precedingseals, and, unlike them, breeding upon the northAtlantic ice floes; the Bearded or Square-Flippersometimes called the Big Seal (Phoca barbata,Fabricius), a very large seal, breeding along thenorthern coasts; and the Hooded or Bladder-NoseSeal (Cystophora cristata, Erxleben), which, likethe Harp Seal, gives birth to its young upon thewinter-formed ice floes of the north A

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