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measurements, iv. 



body weight, adult, 20. 

 intestine length, 26. 

 length (see Body Measurements), 

 19. 



miscellaneous, 26. 

 organ weights, 27. 

 skin length (compared with body 



length) 26. 

 weight loss at death, 25. 

 weight, pregnant female, 230. 

 weight (see Body Measurements). 



19. 



Medny Island, U.S.S.R., 188. 

 Mexico, 5, 187. 

 midden, 129, 179, 184, 185. 

 Middle Reef, Alaska, 69. 

 migration, 6. 



mile, nautical and statute, iv. 

 military, at Amchitka, 250. 

 Miller, G. S., 4, 332. 

 Miller, P. and L. G., 1, 332. 

 mink, 43. 



Mitchell, E. D., iii, 4, 332. 

 mite, nasal, 103, 274, 292. 

 mollusks, 110. 

 molt, 37-39. 



monia, pearly (see oyster, rock). 



Monterey, Calif., 130. 



Morro Hermoso, Baja California, 



Mexico, 133, 187. 

 mortality : 



age-specific, 253, 258. 



body fat, 261. 



body weight, 271. 



defective teeth, 50, 261, 263. 



during flight, 317. 



emaciation, 261. 



enteritis, 261, 271. 



estimated, Amchitka, 266, 268. 



factors, 261. 



food depletion, 270. 



juveniles, desertion of, 270. 



peak period, 266. 



rate, 245. 



Sanak Island, 269. 



sex-specific, 258. 



Shumagin Islands, 268. 



starvation, 261, 271. 



storm waves, 264, 266. 



studies, 1955-63, 250, 251. 



study methods, 251, 252. 



mortality — Cont. 



time of, 252, 253. 



tooth attrition, 270. 



weather related, 263. 

 Mossman, H. W., iii, 232, 335. 

 Murie, 0. J., 1, 123, 150, 157, 159, 165, 



175, 218, 221, 238, 280, 332. 

 muscle : 



masseter, 42. 



masticatory, 42. 



temporal, 42. 

 musculature of jaw, 42-43. 

 Musculus, 118. 

 mussels, blue, 52, 83, 106. 

 Mustelidae, 4. 



Naknek River, Alaska, 175. 



Natividad Island, Mexico, 187. 



Nazan Bay, Alaska, 166. 



Near Islands, Alaska, 147-149, 188. 



Neiland, K. A., iii, 271, 272, 329, 332. 



Nelson, U. C, iii. 



nembutal, 311. 



Nereocystis (see also kelp), 57. 

 Nesterov, G. A., 188. 

 netting, 284-286. 

 Nevzoroff, J., 129, 337. 

 Newell, I. M., iii, 271, 292, 330. 

 Niggol, K., 339. 



Nikolaev, A. M., 65, 105, 135, 149, 189, 



204, 279, 321, 332. 

 Nikolski Village, Alaska, 146, 170, 171. 

 Norris, K. S., 63, 330. 

 Novikov, G. A., 39, 332. 

 Nozikov, N., 181, 332. 



O'Brien, T. P., iii, 339. 



octopus, 102, 118. 



Ogden, A., 1, 133, 187, 281, 333. 



Oglala Pass, Alaska, 154. 



Ogliuga Island, Alaska, 159. 



Oregon, 185. 



orphan, 243. 



Orr, R. T., iii, 187, 278, 333. 

 Osmeridae (smelt), 83. 

 otter : 



American river, 4, 9-13, 43, 55, 



184, 236. 

 European river, 39, 236, 238. 

 oyster, rock (pearly monia), 43, 109, 

 118. 



oystercatcher, black, 103. 



