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dorsal fin thn - 2 & white hairs on symphysis
11 hairs on tip of castrum all in bundles - on
trig beak 5-0 cnt. back of end of blowhole is
a clump bunch of short yellowish hair, very stiff.
between blowholes at posterior end is another
smaller bundle - The larger bundle is also
a little larger than a dollar - Seven
long bundles in right margin with hairs on four
of them.
The pelvic bones of this whale measure as
follows:
Left (straight) = 23-7 mil,
" " (curved) = 25-6 "
Right (straight) = 25-0 "
" " (curved) = 26.0 "
A third prolongation of cartilage extends on the
end of each bone, 60 mil long; this cartilage
looks much like bone & can only be dist.
carefully pressed it when its there is
covered by a little fat, by cutting. The pro-
longations at the anterior end an its left
bone is 50 mil long. The anterior end of the
right posterior
bone is shortest & thickest; is attached by
cartilage & ligaments to the root of the spine.
at the joint of curve of ribbons, where a verte-
gal femur would be attached, no sign
by it was to be found and as we cut it fresh
away most carefully, it could not
possibly have been missed. No spot.