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Table of stomach contents of sea lions — Continued. 



X Indicates that tlie forms'mentioned were present, but their number could not be determined. 



'Several "sea pens." 



'Few. 



■ Unrecognizable material. 



rf Shell apparently empty when swallowed. 

 e Filled with clear liquid, in which floated a light, 

 yellow, flaky substance. 



The following- ;idditional information regarding- the number of sea 

 lions on the California coast has been submitted b}" Mr. Rutter: 



In 1902 the Ano Nuevo rookery contained 150 pups, which would indicate as many 

 adult females. As there are more males born than females, there is no apparent 

 reason why there should not have been as many adult males, so that the adults of 

 the herd certainly numbered 300, not including the 1 and 2 year old individuals. 

 The number of pups could not be determined at any of the other rookeries, and 

 there is, therefore, no basis of estimating the number of adults at any point except 

 at Purissima, where the adults themselves could be counted. But as Purissima was 

 not a regular breeding rookery in 1901 and 1902, and as it is probable that many of 

 the Ano Nuevo sea lions spent part of the year there, the Purissima counts can not 

 be relied upon for statistical estimates. The most that can be said is that there were 

 more sea lions af Point An-iia than at Ano Nuevo Island, and that tiiere were several 



