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I did not have an opportunity to examine
the right side of this whole carefully, but
from hurried observations I believe that
the right ramsus was mostly light
gray and that a sectional dark
gray cloth similar to the one on the
left side, was present under the fin.
There was also a distinctly lighter
area near the left eye, but how far
it extended I could not tell as the
blubber was removed before I had
a chance to describe it. (See No 4)
Flukes
The central part of both lobes of the
flukes (below) is light gray about
take the sides of the peduncle. The distal
half of each lobe as well as a wide
polarior & anterior edges is dark
gray.
Above the flukes are dark
gray like the back.
Pectorals
The upper surface of the fin is blue-
slate which lightens somewhat along
the anterior edge from the middle of the
fin forward. Below, the anterior
half of fin for the whole length is
light blue gray which shades off very
gradually into darker gray of the
posterior half. The color of the lower
surface seems to be produced
by extremely fine lines which