98 



THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



Causes of death among nursing fur seals on St. Paul, as determined hy the 



dissections of 1896-97 





Cause. 





Up to August 

 15— 



Total. 



After August 

 15— 



Total. 





1896. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 







45 



29 



5 



7 



71 

 55 

 10 

 4 

 5 

 2 

 5 



116 



84 



15 



11 



5 



12 



6 



3 



3 



1 



1 



1 

 14 



51 



122 



12 



52 





136 





12 



Train i)lctl 





Bitten or otherwise injured ............. ..... 











10 

 1 

 3 

 3 



1 

 1 









Intlaniniation of bowels 





1 



1 































Suppurating slioulders 





1 

 1 



188 



1 





1 

 106 



2 

 154 



3 

 260 



15 



1 



Total 



203 





Summary of dissections on St. 



Paul in 1S97 divided into periods of five days. 









Bate. 



Cause of death. 







Starva- 

 tion. 



Uncina- 

 riii. 



1 



12 

 18 

 33 



7 



13 

 23 



3 

 12 



Uncina- 



ria plus 



st.irva 



tiou. 



Violence. 



Sundry. 



Un- 

 known. 



Total. 



July 25 



2 

 5 



15 



24 

 9 

 6 



25 

 5 



86 



2 

 3 

 2 

 2 





1 



6 



30. 





2 



1 

 1 



22 





4 

 4 

 2 



1 

 3 



1 

 7 





40 



10 



4 



68 



15 ... 



18 



20 







1 

 2 



21 



25 





1 



54 







9 



Sept 5 





1 



1 



107 











Total 



177 



122 



22 



9 1 C 



9 



345 

















Summary of dissections in 1897 hy rookeries. 



Rookery. 



Northeast Point . 



Poloviua 



Lukanin 



Kitovi 



Keef 



Gorbatch 



Lagoon 



Tolstoi 



Zapadui 



Total . 



Date. 



August 6 



July 31 



July 24, 25, 26 ; August 1, 12 



July 26 ; A upust. 3, 12, 14 



July 19,27; AiiKU8t2, 5, 9, 16; September!. 



August 4, 16; September 1..'. 



August 2 



July 28, 29; August 7, 11, 14, 19, 23,24,27; 



September 1,4. 

 July 30; August 7. 24; September 4 



Starva- 

 tion. 



177 



Uncina- 

 ria. 



122 



Starva- 

 tion 

 plusuu- 

 ciuaria. 



Vio 

 leiice. 



Sundry 



Un- 

 known 



Total. 



10 

 10 

 12 



17 

 53 

 33 

 4 

 109 



93 



345 





Summary of dissections on 



Tolstoi between July 



S8 and September 4, 1897. 









Date. 





Cause of death. 





Starved. 



Uncina- 

 ria. 



Uncina- 

 ria plus 

 starva- 

 tion. 



Sundry. 



Un 

 known. 



Total. 



T„l„ OQ 







1 

 2 

 1 



2 

 6 

 6 



6 

 5 

 10 

 2 

 3 

 2 









3 







1 





9 





1 

 1 





8 



■*-"^ ,; :;:;;; 







3 











6 





2 

 12 



5 

 IK 

 6 







1 

 2 



8 



oo 







24 



OJ 







7 





1 

 3 

 2 







9 









21 





2 



1 



11 













Total 



50 



44 



8 



3 



4 



109 















