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No 17 St Humphback James - of Lechart BC,
Above Back, sidestry heel [illegible] black - velly &
body of pectorals has only a few fine white flecks
along the edges of its fold & in the bottoms of
the furrows - the white of the ultimate is nearly
confined to the median divis in six strokes,
no circles or spots on left nor any excepting
at very tip - Right namest has a few scattered
white circles / (faint) on its whole length -
Port of the mouth has, median div, live white
& [illegible] d with light purple on outside,
the two rolls & an are purple - base is
slate blue like to lynes & left namest, right namest
much lighter blue - There is a small
white spot on the navell - peppers & art about
joints & twarms - rest of peduncle black - stile
of feathers black below at hubbed circle with
white - large flesh colored spot in center
of meast of pair in insertion of pectorals -
White streaks & splashes in median
line of breast back to white spot
Pectorals Right is black above with scattered
large white spots on its 1/3 nearer the tip along
posterior union & tip mostly on edge white & blue,
Below right fin has a large black patch
from mid body halfway toward tip - patch does
not touch either edge - rest of fin white except
a few black marks at tips -
Left fin is like right above & below
Ballen Bruster, dark gray at base - the tips
of the pasterins 2/3 also are same color -