blowholes - it is exactly the length of the blowhole. Osteology I counted 12 chevrons + one or possibly two more should be added as the few caudals which were cut off with the flukes - the 1st chevron is very large - its haemal spine is the widest (ant. part) of the series but is not the highest. The spines of its 2nd+3rd chevrons as they lie in position are the highest of our series - the two are the same height - the spines of both are narrower (ant. part.) than no 1 There were 14 pairs of ribs present . 16 lumbar + 12+ Caudals C y D, 14 T, 16 Ca 12+ (this is certainly correct) Jaws straight = 400 curved = 470 When the vertebrae were being torn apart by the steam wrench as the caecae was cut up, I noticed that several of the terminal epiphyses of the vertebral bodies came off apparently easily; this would indicate that the whole was gummy. Sternum The sternum of this whale has a V shaped lower process & two transverse