Appendix E. 



FOOD OF THE FUR-SEAL. 



CONTENTS OF STOMACHS OF FUR-SEALS KILLED AT 

 THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



August 1-3, 1891. 



One liundred and eighteen stomachs of fnr-j„.,'^i^/*^^p'iii^jiyf 

 seals were examined jointly by the United 

 States and British Bering Sea Commissioners at 

 St. Paul and St. George Islands, August 1 and 

 August 3, 1891, with the following results: 



All the stomachs were opened immediately ^^^1^^^*^^'^*^ °^ 

 after the seals were killed. Ninety-three out of 

 the one hundred and eighteen were empty, 

 except for the presence of a little mucus, bile, 

 frothy slime, dark brownish blood, and parasitic 

 worms. Blood in some form was present in five 

 stomachs, and nematode worms about three 

 inches in length were found in most of the 

 stomachs opened. 



Twenty contained pebbles, or pebbles and 



beach-worn shells, either alone or in connection 



with other contents, the quantity varying from 



from a single small pebble to a handful. 



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