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1 a.m.
T.N. N. N.
No. 2 Sei Whale (?) (young adult) Apr. 6/10 Oaking, that world.
This whale was drawn out upon the cut-
ting ship so my measurements are all
accurate & were taken with the greatest
care.
Color
Body
The edge of the head on the right side
extends about 2 inches above the eye is
dark slate - the remainder
of the edge of the rostrum is gray. On the
left side the dark slate covers the whole of the
eye to about two inches above the
eye it is lighter gray, for a short distance
then the dark color begins again and
extends along back to either sides.
The edges of the snout for about 1 foot on either side are light gray.
On the peduncle the dark color covers
the upper 1/3 & comes down to the insert-
ion of the flippers. The left ramus of
the mandible is gray - a bluish-gray
runs along the side of throat & breast, but
the ramus is lighter than the latter parts.
Rivulets of the folds below the left fin are
blue gray slate. Throat & breast pinkish-
white (deep flesh color) in furrows but
folds are white -
On the sides the dark of the back shades
off rather abruptly into light Isabella-gray - as in the Finback, this
light gray comes farther & farther
down on the sides until 1/3 cent. behind
arms it covers all but a narrow