WHALES LANDED AT SCOTTISH WHALING STATIONS 237 



Rockall grounds where the Sperm-whale fishery is productive. 

 Arranged according to areas and to years, the total catch 

 was as follows : 



Area. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 19 12. 1913. 1914. Total. 



V 



VI 



VII 



VIII 



IX 

 Q 

 R 

 West of R 

 S 

 T 



Total 



We see (among other things) from this table how 

 marked have been the annual fluctuations in the catch of 

 this whale upon the limited area (R, S, T) where it is 

 principally found. 



Some References to the Blue-whale. 



1. Beneden, P. J. van. "Sur la grande Balenoptere du Nord {B. 



Sibbaldu'), d'apres les notes tirees du journal du Dr Otto Finsch 

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2. Beneden, P. J. van. "Les Cetaces des mers d'Europe," Bull. 



Acad. Roy. de Belgique (3), 1885, x. 



3. Barrett-Hamilton, G. H. "Sibbald's Rorqual on the Irish 



Coast," Zoologist (3), 1892, xv., pp. 306-308. 



4. Crouch, Walter. "Sibbald's Rorqual on the Essex Coast," 



Zoologist (3), xv., pp. 214, 215. 



5. Flower, W. H. On Physalus {Bala nop t era) Sibbaldii, Gray, 



P.Z.S., 1865, pp. 472-474- 



6. Guldberg, G. A. " Zur Biologie der nordatlantischen Finwalarten," 



Zool. Jahrb., ii., 1887. 



7. Harvie-Brown, J. A. " On the Young of Sibbald's Rorqual," Ann. 



Scot. Nat. Hist., 1905, pp. 7^, 74. 



8. Kukenthal, W. "Bericht uber eine Reise in das nordliche 



Eismeer, \S Q 6," D. geogr. Blatter, 1888. 



9. Kukenthal, \V. " Forschungsreise in das europaische Eismeer, 



1889," Z>. geogr. Blatter, 1890. 



10. Reinhardt, J. "On the Whale called Steypireydr by the Ice- 



landers," Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), 1868, ii., pp. 323-340. 



11. Sars, G. O. " Om ' Blaahvalen,' med Bemaerkninger om nogle 



andre ved Finmarkens kyster forekommende Havdyr," Fork. Vid. 

 Selsk. Christiania (1874), 1875, pp. 227-241. 



12. Sars, G. O. "Bidrag til en noiere Characteristik af vore Barde- 



hvaler," Fork. Vid. Selsk. Christiania, 1878, 1880. 



13. Turner, Sir W. "An Account of the Great Finner Whale {B. 



Sibbaldii) stranded at Longniddry," Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin., 1872, 

 xxvi., pp. 197-251. 



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