U4 OBSERVATIONS 



1 nioi 



r\ '^ I , ON THE 



FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



PRELIMINARY REPORT 



BY 



DAVID STARR JORDAN, 



President of Leland Stanford Jr. University, 

 COMMISSIONER IN CHARGE OF FUR SEAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR 1896; 



AIDED BY THE FOLLOWING: 



LEONHARD STEJNEGER and FREDERIC A. LUCAS, 



Of the XJ. S. ISTational IVIuseuin. 



JEFFERSON F. MOSER, 



Lieutenant- Commander, U. S. N., 



In Coimnand. of the Fish CoixLinission Steamer A-lbatross. 



CHARLES H. TOWNSEND, 



Of the XJ. S. Fish Cominission. 



GEORGE A. CLARK, 

 Secretax'y and. Stenographer. 



JOSEPH MURRAY, 

 Special -A^ent. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



1896. 



