Collins New Naturalist Library

12. The common seal – reproduction, pup, moulting, food and numbers (#litres_trial_promo)

13. Other species of pinnipede (#litres_trial_promo)

14. Conservation of British seals (#litres_trial_promo)

PICTURE SECTION (#litres_trial_promo)

APPENDICES (#litres_trial_promo): A Classification of Pinnipedia (#litres_trial_promo)

B Breeding rookeries of grey seals (#litres_trial_promo)

C Life-tables for grey seal cows and bulls (#litres_trial_promo)

D Farne Island seal counts, 1956–1968 (#litres_trial_promo)

E Research and world conservation of seals (#litres_trial_promo)

FOOTNOTES (#litres_trial_promo)

BIBLIOGRAPHY (#litres_trial_promo)

INDEX (#litres_trial_promo)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (#litres_trial_promo)

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER (#litres_trial_promo)

PLATES (#ulink_092927e2-c041-5a4b-9957-e5944b009d5d)

1. Fur-seals fanning themselves (C. Bertram) (#litres_trial_promo)

Head of grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

Head of Californian sea-lion (#litres_trial_promo)

2. Porth Laoug, Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire (#litres_trial_promo)

Beach on Eilean nan Ron, Oronsay, Inner Hebrides (#litres_trial_promo)

3. Shell-sand beach and herd of grey seals, Shillay, Outer Hebrides (#litres_trial_promo)

Breeding rookery in wallows, Shillay, Outer Hebrides (R. Atkinson) (#litres_trial_promo)

4. Breeding rookery in central Fianuis, North Rona (J. M. Boyd) (#litres_trial_promo)

Ring-marking a moulter, North Rona (J. M. Boyd) (#litres_trial_promo)

5. Shore rookery, Muckle Greenholm, Orkney (J. Woolston) (#litres_trial_promo)

Breeding rookery, Staple Island (and Brownsman), Farne Islands (J. C. Coulson) (#litres_trial_promo)

6. Aerial view of Gasker, Outer Hebrides (W. St. C. Reid in Boyd, J. M. 1957) (#litres_trial_promo)

Bull and cow grey seals at wallow, North Rona (#litres_trial_promo)

7. Territorial grey seal bull, Brownsman, Farne Islands (#litres_trial_promo)

Breeding grey seal cow, Brownsman, Farne Islands (#litres_trial_promo)

8. Longitudinal section of root of canine tooth of grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

Two canine teeth from 1st year grey seals (#litres_trial_promo)

Two adult canine teeth (bull and cow) grey seals (#litres_trial_promo)

Cement layers in tooth of 8-year-old grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

Cement layers in tooth of 18-year-old grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

9. Section of immature testis of grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

Section of mature but resting testis of grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

Sections of mature and active testes of grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

10. Section of immature epididymis of grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

Section of mature but resting epididymis of grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

Section of mature and active epididymis of grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

Abdominal testis in ‘82-day’ foetus grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

11. Section of ovary with developing oocytes, grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

Right and left ovaries in section, grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

12. Free blastocyst in utero, grey seal (R.Cox) (#litres_trial_promo)

Young embryo (c. 31 days), grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

Early foetus (c. 55 days) in utero, grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

13. Early male foetus (c. 62 days), grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

Young male foetus (c. 72 days), grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)

Later male foetus (c. 113 days), grey seal (#litres_trial_promo)