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Edge. Above ant. edge whitish for whole
length - rest of upper surface gray.
Both fins are the same. On under side left fin two fresh scars, cres shaped,
dep
centrally where parasites had been
lodged.
Baleen
I counted all baleen plates on left
side from very back plate 2 inches high
to front plate 2 inches high - there
were 332 in all on this side.
On the right side (anterior) 28 plates were white - the edge of the smooth under-
neath is whitish for the length of
the white portion of baleen.
Anterior two thirds of baleen plates
have bristles light grayish at tips -
(very front ones are not so, but are
white) posterior 1/3 have bristles
all grayish, darker at tips.
Eye
Pupil nearly round - iris very
widely elliptical - Iris is brown -
iris is 12 mil. wide - then a white
ring 4 mil. wide - then brown ring
10 mil. wide which runs off into gray
of eyeball. Eyeball is very widely
elliptical - almost round.
Length of pupil - --- 20 mil.
Dia " " - --- 17 "
length " iris - --- 43"
Dia " " - --- 30 "
Cir. of eyeball (trimmed) - --- 375"