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34
sterling
skull These measurements were taken when the skull had been cleaned & are correct.
Length (straight) (from tip of premax. to condyles taken below) = 477 cent.
Breadth (squamosal) = 180 "
Length of jaws (straight) = 450 "
" " " (curved) = 485 "
Measurements of Finback No.6
1 Total length (total of three sections) = 1865i
3 Snout to eye = 401
5 " " blowhole (center) = 347
10 Length eye opening = 9
12 notch of flukes to anuses
16 " " " post. mist of dorsal = 475i
18 Length of pectoral (tip to head humerus) = 230
19 " " " post. mist. = 145i
20 " " " ant. " = 195i
21 Greatest breadth pectoral = 60
22 Height dorsal (vertical) = 43
2 " " (apical) = 75i
ant.-post length dorsal at base = 85
31 Length right blowhole straight = 44
32 " left " " = 41
33 Dist. apart of (anteriorly) = 5-
34 " " " posteneariy = 25i
40 Length row of baleen = 400
41 " longest plate of baleen = 80
42 Number plates " " (left side) = 332
43 " " " " in right part = 95