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could not get whales enough to make the enterprise pay, and had to leave. New 
Zealand waters are poor whaling fields, and should only be exploited by small concerns. 
These remarks on distribution and migration are put forward tentatively, and 
can lay no claim whatever to finality. They are based upon such facts as we 
possess ; but a great deal more work will have to be done before we can hope for any 
certainty as to the movements of all the different whales over the oceans of the world. 
4. Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Lacépede. (PI. IV., figs. 2,3; Pl. V., figs. 1, 2; 
PPV ties. 1—65-P), VII, fe. 1.) 
December 10, 1910 : ; : : 66° 38’ S., 179° 04’ W. 
ij 1S. : ; , : 67° 24 S., kre 34’ W. 
- PB. op : : : : 68° 25' S., 179° 11’ W. 
sat SLO is : ; .  70°S., 180° W. ' 
January 2, 1911 é ‘ : ; (sy OBY Shy line}? 24 1d, 
5 Shi ey i ; : : Off Cape Crozier, Ross Island. 
A Les F : ; : In McMurdo Sound. 
3 265° 5 Off Glacier Tongue, McMurdo Sound. 
ta Sees 78. 30) S:, 140? 35! W: 
February 2, ,, Off King Edward VII. Land. 
” 3, ” a a 
3 a ss Bay of Whales, Great Ice Barrier. 
a i, 55 (AS UOMS§ Mef AAO! VAY 
i Gh 55 Ce Oe Shy LUPE Nive 
is ie 77° 33' S., 176° 51’ E. 
oi oss. (2a OP Seliger bbe 
; DI 69° 10' S., 164° 30’ E. 
March Lae 67° 25’ S., 160° 40’ KE. 
~ By, ig 67° 22'8., 160° 31’ E. 
an Use Ss 65a. 02 SS leh 22/5R: 
January 2, 1912 WOn O20 Sa litiie ole Bre 
m BS 5. U2 WTS, 2 (ayy Ide 
A (ema (Asan Ole Semel yileenl Sib; 
- irae ee (ie Way tsi, UES Bhi) 1B). 
7 We os (OS Misys, a OY 10% 
” 15, ” ar a 
March IMSy cp 64° 03’ S., 160° 12’ K. 
= OTe os Bp MG Si isi Gilly 13. 
December 29, _ ,, GORE Se V66r lie We 
ls Me 23S. 166273. We 
> 
January 1, 1913 ; ; ; : Tilero Dass LOOm Ole Wie 
* By 5p 5 3 : : 71° 37’ 8,, 166° 55’ W. 
” 4; ” c G 2 . fara <a 
ines , , 71° 41'S., 166° 47’ W. 
e a ee 71° 44’ S., 167° 57! W. 
a ae 76° 32’ S., 163° 50’ E. 
When sailing in Antarctic waters to the south of Lat. 64° 8., scarcely a day passed 
without our getting a sight of one of these whales. The above list gives the occasions 
on which members of this species were clearly seen. 
