. The Annals of Scottish natural history. Natural history; Natural history -- Scotland. The Annals of. Scottish Natural History No. 66] 1908 [APRIL WHALING IN SCOTLAND FOR 1907. By R. C. HALDANE, (Scot.). THE season of 1907 has been a very productive one, whales appearing in large numbers and showing no signs of diminu- tion, the number killed at each station being :— B. musculus. B. sibbaldii. B. borealis. Sperm. B. biscayensis. Megap- tera. Bottle- nose. Norrona Co. 87 I 24 I Shetland Co. 39 18 Alexandra Co. 83 19 Buneveneader Co. 96 9 II 4 24 I I Olna Co. many 2 79 6 4 305, etc. 12 1
. The Annals of Scottish natural history. Natural history; Natural history -- Scotland. The Annals of. Scottish Natural History No. 66] 1908 [APRIL WHALING IN SCOTLAND FOR 1907. By R. C. HALDANE, (Scot.). THE season of 1907 has been a very productive one, whales appearing in large numbers and showing no signs of diminu- tion, the number killed at each station being :— B. musculus. B. sibbaldii. B. borealis. Sperm. B. biscayensis. Megap- tera. Bottle- nose. Norrona Co. 87 I 24 I Shetland Co. 39 18 Alexandra Co. 83 19 Buneveneader Co. 96 9 II 4 24 I I Olna Co. many 2 79 6 4 305, etc. 12 151 10 24 5 2 BAL^NOPTERA MUSCULUS. The particulars of these whales are :— Number of Bulls killed. Average Length. Number of Cows killed. Average Length. Proportion of Bulls per cent. Proportion of Cows per cent. ft. ins. ft. ins. Norrona 47 59 4 40 63 o 54-o Shetland 23 58 6 16 62 8 59-o Alexandra . 50 1 62 2 1 "7 jj 62 4 Buneveneader 63 60 o 33 64 o 34-3 Olna . many 183, etc. 60 o 122 63 o 59-6 66 B. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Edinburgh : David Douglas
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