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No 60a Sperm Foetus & (Mother No 60)
This animal was fully formed had
their blubber, & heavy epidermal layers
& gave every appearance of being ready
for birth. I am sure it would have
been born within a few days.
Color
General color of body light slate - a little
lighter than of the adult. The entire
lower section of the head, from a
point a little behind and below eye to
the shallow depression below the blow-
hole is white tinged with grayish. An
area at the base of the skull in a line
with the blowhole is grayish white -
From navel to armpits & a little way
up on sides whitish, streaks of whitish
along sides nearly joins. The entire
lower parts from navel to a point
about opposite eye are very light grayish.
The [illegible] upper lips & edge of
mandible pure white.
Flukes
Light slate like body; the left lobe
below has a scattering line of white
spots (small) from the anterior margin
halfway across lobe - also on the outer
edge. Right lobe unmarked.
Body
Outline
Head outline has no concavity (it is
a straight slant upward from extremity
to base of proximal end. There is then
a sharp dip at base of head and a slight