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9015* Hemphback J Juneet of Berlint B.C.
Color Back, sides, thro, head black - not much
white on breast - white circles on ramif of mandible
not very heavy - very few white circles at throat,
(an median line mostly) & almost none on
breast. There is a white blotch on right side tip
of rostrum underneath - (a white patch or one
on both sides at this place seems to be pretty
fairly constant in all the Hemphbacks I have
examined)
Body of musk pink - base slate blue as on tongue
& inside of right ramus of mandible - inside
of left ramus is light blue.
Pectorals Left, below, shows much black as insertion
not longy & ant. edge white in white for whole
extent - post edge black tips - fin is heavily
marked with black & white, especially near
body - Right flipper below is same as left.
Both edges of dorsal fin have white on
them - white bottom - lower ribs + along
inner edges both sides.
Baleen. Barstles at base dark gray - the
tips of white row an light brown - betwen
bases & tips, barstles have this longitudinal
band of lighter gray - The general effect
of the barstles at a little distance
is rather dark.
External Characters
6 buckles on ant. edge of left pectoral -
About 20 white hairs on symphysis ant 1/2.