APPENDIX - TABLE 9. (continued) 
Walrus - Odobenus rosmarus: 
Four walrus carcasses were found on the beaches of the north end 
of St. Matthew Island. Three of these were large bulls, while the 
fourth was a young male. All of the carcasses appeared to have been 
washed up by spring storms. During an aerial flight over the island 
in May 1955, several walrus were observed hauled out on the ice on the 
northeast side (Rhode, .viva voce, 1956). Walrus have been known to 
haul out on the northwest cape pe of Hall Island in past years (Hanna, 
1920). 
OTHER MAMMALS: 
Whale remains were common on the beaches, Hanna (1920) identified 
remains of the bowhead, Balaena mysticetus, humpback, Megaptera novae- 
angliae, sulphur-bottom, Sibbaldus musculus Bairds, Berardius bairdi 
and the killer whale, Grampus restipinna. Gray whales, Eschrichtius 
giaucus were seen feeding off the northeast shore of St. Matthew Island 
in 1957. 

A beach worn skull of a fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, was found 
at the north end of St. Matthew Island. There has been no record of 
fur seals using these islands in past years. 
No evidence of sea otters, Enhydra lutris, was found on St. Matthew 
Island. Kelp beds, common to the sea otter islands of the Aleutians, 
are absent from this area. z 
FISHES 
Dolly varden trout, Salvelinus malma, were abundant in most of 
the larger drainage systems of the island, which emptied into lakes. 
Gravel beaches, through which the lakes drained to the sea, prevent 
movement of the fish to the sea, except during storms, Sticklebacks, 
Gasterosteus sp., were found in the brackish lagoons and pools. There 
is some evidence of the presence of the black fish, Dallia pectoralis, 
in the lakes of St. Matthew Island (Wilimovsky, viva voce, 1957). 
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