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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.