beneath side reaching come down not quite meeting the neutral line. (If it was the foregoing jeerianites of coloring which suggested the Sei whale to Mr. Matsumaka) Flukes Have a wide anti. & posterior border of very dark gray(below) & the tips far one forth of red di lobe are dark gray. The posterior border is much wider than the anterior - above all slate gray Pectorals Above, for all slate gray, the anti. edge is white & this shows on its sup- erior surface of the fin as a narrow band for whole length of ant. edge. Below white, with much gray along posterior edge of distal half; two narrow parallel gray lines run down up toward to center of fin. There is also a grayerish blotch at posterior mid point which extends across fin half way to anterior edge. Tips not injured. Measurements 1 Total length (measured in feet by whalers) = 66 ft 3 Snout to eye = 414 8 Eye to ear = 94 9 " above " = 7 10 " opening = 10 11 Ear " = 51 19 Fin tip to anal dimmerus = 247 19 " " " post mist. 20 " " " ant. " = 215