39(3 REPORTS OF BERING SEA COMMISSION. 



Conclusion as to The examination of these stomachs shows lliat 



I'uod luid I'eeding. 



the fur-seals are chiefly surface feeders, tlie only 

 food found from moderate depths being the red 

 rock fish or rock cod (SebasticMhys), of wliich all 

 the specimens obtained belong- to a species of 

 whose liaunts and habits nothing is known. 



Note. — Appendix E, on the food of the fur- 

 seal, has been completed since the foregoing 

 report and Appendices A to D were written. 

 Thomas C. Mendenhall. 

 C. Hart Merriam. 

 Washington, D. C, June 30, 1892, 



