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66. Contents of a large sea otter fecal deposit 125 



67. Distribution of the sea otter in 1741 and 1965, 



also showing the locations where remnant 



colonies survived in 1911 134 



68. Beginning in 1957, aerial surveys of sea otter 



habitat were undertaken 138 



69. A group of 157 sea otters resting in a kelp bed in 



Kagalaska Strait 144 



70. Part of a group of 440 sea otters in Kujulik Bay 145 



71. The sea otter was exterminated from the Near 



Islands during the late 1800's or early 1900's 148 



72. The Rat Islands group, except Buldir Island, 



where 15 otters were recorded 149 



73. Changes in population density on the north and 



south coasts of Amchitka Island, 1936-59 154 



74. Estimated curve of the Amchitka sea otter 



population 1909-65 155 



75. The Delarof Islands of the western Andreanof 



Islands were apparently among the few Aleutian 



areas where sea otter remained in 1911 158 



76. The Adak-Great Sitkin Island areas in the central 



Andreanofs were repopulated during the 1950's 



and early 1960's 160 



77. The colonies on the southern exposures of Atka and 



Amlia Islands, in the eastern Andreanof Islands, 



appear to be augmented from the large population 



in the central Andreanofs 161 



78. Populations of sea otters at several Aleutian Islands 



have increased to maximum size and then crashed 



between 1936 and 1965 167 



79. The colony at Samalga Island and in the vicinity of 



Cape Sagak, Umnak Island, is a small but 



permanent one 169 



80. The Sanak-Caton Islands and Sandman Reefs areas 



were last surveyed on 8 April 1962 170 



81. This group of 128 otters slept on the open sea about 



2 miles off the north coast of Unimak Island 174 



82. John Nevzoroff holds an adult female sea otter 201 



83. The southeastern end of Amchitka Island showing 



the most favored male and female hauling grounds 211 



84. A group of 39 otters sleeping at St. Makarius Point 



East, Amchitka Island 212 



85. Rifle Range Point, a female hauling ground 213 



86. Adult males searching for estrous females in areas 



habitually frequented by feeding females often 



swim belly down 216 



87. A pair of sea otters rest and groom 



beside each other shortly after mating 219 



88. An adult male and female slept beside each other 



on a tidal rock 222 



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