U. S. COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 



JOHN J. BRICE, Commissioner. 



THE RUSSIAN FUR-SEAL ISLANDS, 



LEONHARD STEJNEGER, 



Of the Unit,\l Sliih's Xiitional Miist^tnn. 



Extracted from U. S. Fish Commission Bu'.letiii for 1896, Article 1, Pages 1 to 148, Plates 1 to 66. 



WASHINGTON: 



aOVERNMENT PUINTING OFFICE. 

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