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9 measurements of killer (Osea area)
cent.
1 Total length (snout to flukes over back) = 670
2 Semi-cir. of body just behind fins from mid dorsal line to mid ventral line = 220*
3 Snout to eye = 74
4 " " ear = 103
5 " " blowhole (center)
= 88
6 " " post. insertion of pectoral = 168
7 " " " " dorsal = 331
8 Dist. from eye to ear (center) = 3.5
9 Ear below eye ' = 7.5
10 Length opening of eye = 4
11 " " " ear = .2
12 notch of flukes to anus = 205.
13 " " " " clitoris = 280
14 " " " " mammary slit = 224
15 " " " " umbilicus = 393
16 " " " " post. insertion of dorsal = 840
17 " " " " pectoral = 0.20
18 Length pectoral tip to head of humerus =
19 " " " " post. insertion = 78
20 " " " " ant. ... = 100
21 Greatest breadth of pectoral = 5.9
22 Height dorsal (vertical) = 70
23 Flukes tip to tip = 195.
24 Greatest breadth flukes (ant. - post.) = 5.9
25 Depth notch of flukes = 11
26 Length right lobe " " (axially) = 101
27 Left " " = 104
* The whale had been lying about 17 hours, was considered ably swelled by gas - no air had been pumped in whale