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the record of 1885 is important in itself, and seems to indicate 

 a phenomenal immigration of precisely the same kind as that 

 which occurred in our Scottish waters just eleven years later. 

 From our Charts (Figs. 14-17) we see that, while the 

 general distribution of the Sei- and Finner-whales upon our 

 north-western coasts is much the same, there are yet certain 

 remarkable seasonal differences. In the early part of the 

 season (Figs. 9, 14), the areas occupied by the two species 

 are very much the same. In June (Fig. 15) we have 



Fig. 15. The Scottish Catch of Sei-whales during June (1908-1914). 



numerous captures of Sei-whales in the neighbourhood of 

 St Kilda and southward thereof, while in the case of the 

 Finner our Chart (Fig. 10) was blank or nearly so in these 

 regions. In July (Fig. 16) there are still a number of Sei- 

 whales south of St Kilda, about half-way to Ireland, while on 

 the corresponding Chart of the Finners none are seen so far 

 to the south. On the other hand, during the later months 

 (Figs. 12, 17), that is to say in August and September, when 

 the Finners are abundant around and to the westward of 

 St Kilda, the Sei have almost completely disappeared from 

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