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lighthouse reservations, be deferred, pending a careful in- 

 quiry; and this was done. 



However, where the state authorities had full power to 

 act, the killing proceeded in a few localities. It happened 



Keller, Photo., N. Y. Zoological Park. 



CALIFORNIA SEA-LION. 



that during the killing of California Sea-Lions on the shore of 

 Monterey Bay and vicinity, Professor L. L. Dyche, of the 

 University of Kansas, arrived on the scene to pursue studies 

 in marine life. He examined the stomachs of twenty Sea- 

 Lions which were washed ashore, and of five more which he 

 killed for the purpose of mounting their skins. 



Every stomach examined contained the remains of squids 



