158 why one European author described the color of Balaeoptera physalus as shading the dark upper parts into light sepia + then into the white of the lower regions. In fact the first Finback I ever saw (at Van, do.) I described in this way. The gray prolongations or flaves are broad & long, than on the left side reach to the mid ventral line. There is also a narrow, shading longitudinal of gray on the ventral line, a little anterior to the navel. Pectorals have the usual coloration of the Finbacks. Dorsal Has typical Finback shape Balern In this whale the usual white parties of the baleen on the right side is lacking. For a distance of 22 inches from the tip, the baleen plates are light colored but only 2 are entirely white to the effect as like that of the Sei whale baleen when observed at greater the side. The usual white portion of the mider edge of the rostrum is present but is not clear white - it is tinged with grayish. The baleen plates are striped and look