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when he cannot get his favourite kril and shrimps," and 

 that in some years the Finner-whales seem to be " entirely 

 shrimp-fed." Under these circumstances, and with this 

 double diet in view, it would be very unsafe to speculate 

 much upon the migrations, and the causes of migration, of 

 this whale, or to attempt to correlate its movements too 

 closely and directly with those, for instance, of the herring. 



Fig. 12. The Scottish Catch of Finner-whales during August, September, 



and OctoVer (1908-1914). 



The problem is a very complicated one, and the interrelations 

 of kril, herring, and whales are not as yet to be unravelled. 



We have much less evidence of extensive and regular 

 migrations in the case of this whale than, for instance, in 

 the case of the Blue-whale or the Humpback ; and Guldberg 

 thinks that its migrations are limited in extent, and are 

 in the main directly confined to a pursuit of the herring 

 and the capelin. All that we know for certain is that the 

 Finner visits the north of Norway and Finmark, in April 

 and May, together with the Lodde-shoals ; and that it appears 

 on our own north-western coasts and on the southern coasts 

 of Norway, together zvith the herring. 



