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Measurements of no 36 dolphin.
1 - 2370
2 - 1070
3 - 530
4 - 650
5 - 450
6 - 830
7 - 1815
8 - 120
9 - 16
10 - 9
11 - 3
12 - 640
13 - 690
14 - 710
15 - 1030
16 - 505.
21 - 6
23 - 122
26 - 26
27 - 180
28 - 65.
29 - 63
30 - 7
31 - 45
32 - 32
33 - 10
34 - 119
35 - 370
36 - 35
37 - 37
41 - 200
42 - 36
43 - 80
greatest breadth of flukes and to just eyes is 129
The lower jaw fitted
was closed tight over
upper jaw and could
get the measurements
at intervals from
into try to try & solve
jaw absolutely correct.
Humpback 5 July 14-08 Kygnet B.C. Length: 12'0"
This whale had a very short upper jaw or mouth -
Humpback 5 July 14-08 Kygnet B.C. Length: 12'6"
Throat breach nearly to navel pure white, only
one or two black dashes in that white area &
on one fold median line is black.
Ontology
Ten chevrons - the first small & free distally
the 2nd very large & almost as high as 3rd which
is highest of the series - last small & free distally
14 pairs of ribs Cy D/14 S 11 Ca 20 = 5-2 years
The tail caudal seems to be composed of two arch.
upside portraits but it is not certain enough
to count it as two. In all the whales I have
examined both Megaptera & Balaenoptera there seems
to be frequent ankylosis of the terminal vertebrae
sometimes being --, just even three joined.