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large whaling establishments are set up for hunting the rorquals that
appear off the coast in the summer, — the humpback (Megaptera
boops), the ibbalds rorqual (Balænoptera sibbaldii). the Sibbald’s
Rudolphi’s rorqual (B. borealis) and the common rorqual (B. musculus).
The last-named is a regular visitor to our south and west coasts
during the great herring-fisheries in the winter. In former times
the rightwhale of the Atlantic, the nord-caper (Eubalæna
biscayensis), was hunted off Finmarken. The smallest of the fin-backed
whales, the lesser rorqual (Balænoptera rostrata), is the object of a
strange chase with bow and arrows, on the coast at Bergen, a
method of hunting, whose employment dates from at least the
10th century.
In most towns, and also in several of the rural districts,
societies have been formed for the protection of animals. The
oldest of these is in Kristiania, and was founded in 1859, The
societies seek to forward their object by articles in the daily papers,
and pamphlets. It is especially desired to awaken young people’s
interest in, and love for animals. In addition to this work, the
societies see that ill-treatment of animals is denounced and punished.
Some of the larger societies distribute prizes for the specially
careful treatment of domestic animals. Besides these societies,
there are several «May Societies», whose special aim it is to
protect our little summer visitors, the insectivorous birds.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
O. F. Müller, Zoologia Danica. Copenhagen 1781.
M. Sars, D. C. Danielssen & J. Koren, Fauna littoralis Norvegiæ.
Kristiania 1846—77.
Den norske Nordhavsexpedition. Kristiania 1880 ff.
M. Sars, Oversigt over Norges Echinodermer. Kristiania 1861.
G. O. Sars, Bidrag til kundskaben om Norges arktiske fauna. I. Mollusca
regionis arcticæ Norvegiæ. Kristiania 1878.
G. O. Sars, An account of the Crustacea of Norway. Kristiania 1895 ff.
Johan Kiær, Oversigt over Norges Ascidiæ simplices. Kristiania 1893.
Olaf Bidenkap, Systematisk oversigt over Norges Annulata Polychaeta.
Kristiania 1894.
J. H. S. Siebke, Enumeratio insectorum Norvegicorum. Kristiania 1874—80.
R. Collett, Oversigt over Norges Araneider. Kristiania 1875—76, and several
works on the vertebrates.
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