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no.21
Humpback June 9 Sjun. Aikawa
Color
Top of head back & sides black - Below, the throat, breast, & belly has a good deal of white which is mostly in small flecks & dashes - many of the folds are edged with white - The white spot is characteristic of the Van. & Alaska Humpbacks was large- between the fins on mid ventral line was well marked. Another small patch of pink on mid-ventral line directly below corner of mouth. The eyelids are flocked with white & much white in flecks about eye corner of mouth. "Puffer & salt" about genitalia & [illegible] back to "hump" or lower edge of peduncle, a little white about ward. There were few of the circular & semi-circular markings or scars.
A few small white flecks & dots on the upper sides of the peduncle.
Fleches
Black above & below with only a very few white flecks along to near tips.
Fins.
Below white except for an irregular blotch at base, an edging 1 cent. wide along post. edge & a few spots at tip. Black above with a very few white markings [illegible] at tip. The fins were colored exactly like typical ones at Van. & Alaska.
Eight bunchles on ant. edge - 1st is prominent, next two low & rounded,