THE OLDER STAGES 141 



Table 26. Measurements of stomach samples from seventeen whales taken by FjF 'Hektorta' 



in the season 1 gjg-40 with the percentage figures shown in italics 



Total in 

 51-60 mm. sample 



— 235 



— 102 



2 120 



2 



2 126 



2 



— 222 



16 169 



9 

 30 171 



22 217 



10 



— 324 



1 321 



2 236 



1 



3 171 

 2 



2 215 



1 



12 369 

 3 



7 177 

 4 



" 255 

 4 



2 132 



1 



112 3562 

 3 



Another observer, Mr D. A. Parry in the F/F 'Empire Venture', reports very small krill only 

 1 1 mm. long — obviously the Sixth Furcilia stage — in the stomachs of a number of whales killed near 

 61° 23' S, 47° 28' W during the first 4 days of April 1946. This is an interesting observation since it 

 suggests that the late larvae may feature in the diet towards the end as well as at the beginning of 

 the feeding migration. It is even more interesting from another point of view, for the position is 

 located in the western part of the Weddell drift, a region since found (p. 332, Fig. 91) to be the only 

 part of the circumpolar sea in which at this time of year the Sixth Furcilia may be encountered in any 

 measure of abundance. 



