394 RErORTS OF BERING SEA COMMISSION. 



Co lit outs of Four contained beaks of squid or cuttlefish 



stomachs. 



(identified by Dr. William H. Dall as probably 

 Gonatiis fahricii), of which three sets were in one 

 stomach, two sets iu another, and one each in 

 the remaining two. 



Two contained fish bones, of which one con- 

 sisted of the vertebrae and a few other bones of 

 a cod {Gaddus morrJma); the other the ear 

 bones of a similar fish. 



One contained a large Isopod crustacean 

 (identified by Prof. Sidney I. Smith as " appar- 

 ently a species of Boclnela, a genus very close to 

 yEga"). 



One contained a small bit of kelp. 



CONTENTS OF STOMACHS OF FUR-SEALS KILLED 

 IN THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN. 



April 22-Ma.y 1, 1892. 



Examination The stomaclis of 104 fur-scals killed by 



made, at Wasli- 



iugton,D.c. pelagic sealers in the North Pacific off south- 

 eastern Alaska, April 22-May 1, 1892, between 

 latitude 56° 45' and 58° 58', and mostly sixty 

 to eighty miles from shore, were examined by 

 the naturalist of the United States Fish Com- 

 mission steamer Albatross. Of the 104 stomachs, 

 67, or 64.4 per cent, were empty. Of the remain- 

 ing 37, 30 contained 37 fishes and 18 contained 

 728 squids or cuttlefish. 



