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Stomach contained many fish bones - the vertebrae
would seem to indicate sardines.
Length post. edge pectoral from base to angle = 60
" " " " " " angle " tip = 128
width " at base = 105
Length of beak = 50
Height eye above line of mouth = 10
Length V of beak (approximately) = 100
Girth head at eyes = 63.5
" body " across = 400
" " in front of fins = 790
Dist. from corner to corner of mouth over head = 260
Breadth frontal base of V (over curve) = 75.
Tip under partly corner of mouth = 212
Fins tip to tip = 380
greatest breadth flukes and post. = 120.
Depth notch of flukes = 23
Length right lobe axillary = 127
" left " " = 210
Depth peduncle at ant. most. of flukes = 59
" " between an... " " & anus = 125
Length across tips of ventral = 32
" curved " = 40
" anal opening = 32
" pectoral slit = 125.
" navel " = 63.
Dist. between ant. most. of fins below = 288.
" post. " " = 380
Tip lower jaw to beggining of white branching on throat = 393
width of white band at branching behind gills = 6
" " " " narrowest between first need = 15.
Length of whitish patch on tip of lower jaws = 6.5.