STATISTICS OF STARVED PUPS. 169 
the accuracy of which ean not be questioned. The following table will give in detail 
the statistics of the estimate: 
Pup statistics—summary. 
Dead. 
Starved.| Starving. 
Rookery. born. a August.| October. i 
ST. PAUL ISLAND. 
FONG woiaeaiseeccse vices aacdeneeijamcuie aaneder 500 42 
Lukanin 874 27 
Lagoon ....- 238 51 
Tolstoi.. .. Bey a 554 191 
Zapadni -. a Srey eeerearcrainiomisiaisia 1, 300 154 
| Little Za ia 559 64 
Zapadni 223 18 
Gorbatch 1,166 126. 
Ardiguen 76 
Reef ..-... 1, 836 300 
Sivutch Rock. : 34 31 
Polovina ....... wee sOeDekEeGdsseees 920 55 
Little Polovina. . acpi mhlereeieibiwtenusiars 72 22 
WOStO Ghat j:..2:22)2 ceesesncaistwind asics waa cmccis. 1, 525 329 
MON OVA scion sen -cneeecieshnns tecanteheanue ee 445 109 
Total siciaje xiaisicinuiz sisi catsimrcisieitainiscrsercmarsiats 10, 022 1,527 
Addition of 20 per cent for loss between i 
August and October counts .........--.--- 2, 061 
Starving pups to be added as starved........ sie 1,527 
Addition for bodies taken for dissection ....|--- 150 
Total starved....-.-...-02-0---0e eens 13, 760 
6, 809 259 145 762 {i 
Staraya Artel 2, 269 135 194 253. 3 
Zapadni. 5, 509 199 527 617 4 
East...-. 4, 086 112 15 457 4 
Little Eas 1, 350 31 16 151 1 
"Total 2c see sseetamaviwee ve sceersen ete 20, 028 | 736 897 | b2,240 19 
Starving pups added as. starved.............)...---s00- enjecerteetes|ereeceee ee] UM [eee ee eee ee 
Motels ocecetn adds mop acmmemedeestaveca|Geseaseeeece |S aiaeddeciee [piei'se id DEIR) Was cae eened 
Grand total for both islands........... 143, 071 | 4 045 | 21,228 | 16,019 1, 546 
a These are the figures of the original census of 1896 as published in the preliminary report of 
that year. 
-b The figures herein given for starved pups on the rookeries of St. George are estimates based 
upon the conditions of St. Paul. 
STARVED PUPS IN 1897. 
The investigations of the season of 1897 have made the count of dead pups in 
1896 seem still less satisfactory. It may be said that the dead pups lie concealed 
among the rocks, and as they quickly wear away under the action of the elements and 
the trampling of the living animals they are not easily seen in the hasty inspection, 
which alone is possible in counting them. A good illustration of the probable 
inadequacy of the counts of dead bodies is shown by the results on Kitovi rookery. 
A count of this breeding ground, made with a good deal of care on the 3d of August, 
disclosed. 126 dead bodies. When a week or ten days later the carcasses were actually 
gathered up and removed from the beach, the closer inspection disclosed 202 dead. 
‘This inadequacy of the counts of dead pups in 1896 is, however, of such a nature as 
to make the case all the stronger, because it leaves an under. rather than an over, 
estimate. 
