WHALES LANDED AT SCOTTISH WHALING STATIONS 



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this portion of the Chart, and what captures are made are 

 mostly to the northward of the Shetlands. 



The following table gives the recorded lengths of all our 

 Sei-whales : 



Recorded Lengths {in feet) of all Sei-iv hales captured at 

 Scottish J Vhali)ig-stations, 1 908 - 1 9 1 4. 



(Also one female, recorded as measuring 72 feet.) 



Summarising this table in our usual way, by determining 

 the median, the two quartiles, and the first and last deciles, 

 and at the same time giving these values for the catches of 

 the several months, we have as follows : 



Epitome of Sizes 

 landed at 



{median, qnartile, etc.) of Sei-ivhales 

 Scottish Stations., 1 908-1914, 



The median size, then, is found to be 44 feet for the 

 males, and 45 feet for the females ; the arithmetic means 



