[Journals], 1908-1912
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55 No.48 Humpback q Aug 11-'08 Tyee Alaska This whale contains a foetus 15'7 long Color Tip of head back sides + belly black - belly has a few fine white specks - sides of throat + breast black - in median line there are streaks + flashes of white running to a crestback of fins - the same spots between fins as in others - a few circles under left rumors - Fleckers below black at insertion + rest white flecked + dotted with white. 1- 14'10 13- 365 20- 7 3- 340 14- 390 31- 32 5- 270 15- 5'8'' 33- 7 6- 5'35'' 19- 429 34- 126 7- 930 20- 114 36- 18 8- 63 21- 25 37- 34 9- 19 23- 104 43- 26 10- 9 24- 23 11- .03 25- 59 Depth notch of flukes = 26 12- 340 28- 59 No.49 Finback q Aug 14-'08 Tyee Alaska Color Right Top of head right side, light slate gray - this light color extends up as far as blowhole, backward to offside car + then downward + backward to the region immediately above first fin where length of fin itself. A very narrow band of dark (neutral tint) runs forward + downward from center of back mid- dorsal region to eye - all back + upper sides to the level of fins + as far back as tip of fins (lower back) are neutral tint [illegible] bent of back to flukes is light slate.