[Journals], 1908-1912
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therefore the distal portion of the rostrum is concave, at the begining For the entire length of the median ridge the spaces between it to the side ridges present to shallow concavities or troughs. Hairs. There were a few scattered hairs about blowholes, and along both edges of the rostrum, there were none on the very median line. On the mandibular symphysis the arran- gement of the hairs is the same as in the Oldsba Finbacker vis. Two irregular lines on either side of the low median ridge, & two other shorter & more irregular lines outside of these. Other hairs are scattered about in no definite arrangement. Rostrum I measured the rostrum by sections before the blubber had been stripped from the edges. 8 6 cent. from tip rostrum is 8 0 cent. wide, 1 2 5' '' '' '' '' 9 5' '' '' 1 7 5'' '' '' '' '' 1 0 6 '' '' 2 8 5'' '' '' '' '' 1 4 5'' '' 3 3 0'' '' '' '' '' 2 0 5'' '' this is across the eyes. Three folds run out of corner of mouth and four furrows --