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April to September inclusive; in spring from 

 February to April south of 29 N. Latitude in the 

 Bay of St Sebastian Viscaino and round the Cerres 

 Islands. 



The Southern Right Whale (Balcena australis) is 

 regarded by some cetologists as the same species as 

 the Nordcaper and the Japan Whale. A century 

 and a half ago the southern waters were full of these 

 whales. The American whalers alone caugh. 

 193,522 whales of this species in southern water? 

 from 1804 to 1817. In spite of the fact that millio 

 of dollars were made and thousands of whales kill ,, 

 we have not sufficient information for a correct 

 zoological differentiation of this species. This 

 whale is also migratory, leaving and seeking colder 

 and warmer water according to the season. It is, 

 on the whole, a whale of temperate seas and possibly 

 not found to any extent in Antarctic waters, 1 although 

 other species are at present found there in great 

 abundance, where they are the object of incessant 

 slaughter by the Norwegian whalers; the last phase, 

 in the History of Whaling. 



The California Grey Whale (Rhachianectes 

 glaucus) is an inhabitant of the Pacific coasts of the 

 North American continent. From November to 

 May it is found off the coast of California, where the 

 female enters the lagoons to give birth to the young, 

 the male remaining outside off the coast. Later the 

 male enters the lagoons (at the end of winter) and 

 then the male, female, and young are seen migrating 



1 Racowitza. Expedition. Antarctique Beige, 1903. 



