[Journals], 1908-1912
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No. I sex ♀ Date May 22 -09 Sechard, B.C. 23 Humpback Whale No I Color Back, tops of head & sides deep blue black, the black of the sides On the throat streaks & splashes of white which run well up under the pectorals. A few small white flecks & circles of white along both rami of mandibles - Less white on the breast than on the throat & still less on the belly - The circles of white down on throat to rather extensive flecks & patches of white about genitalia, & on the inner edge of the pectorals to the flukes. The mucous membrane in the roof of the mouth is pink col- ored, except at the extreme posterior end where it is black. The right pectoral has the inferior sur- face entirely pure shining white except at point of insertion where a large black patch encroaches. A mass of black patches are in its center of the flipper opposite the widest part, which is about at the end of the first or third. There are 12 or 15 rings & spots of black in the inner side irregularly distribu- ted; the rings look like this: External Characters