86 7.30 P.M. No. 22 Finback 5 June 10/10 Aikawa A light whale. On the right side of tip of head a light area which has its genesis a little anterior to the fin runs up as far as opposite blowholes, a little the other side of the median ridge of the rostrum shades gradually off into the slightly darker left side. It is lightest near the blowholes along the edge of the rostrum. The slate color of the extreme dorsal ridge is nar- now shades off gradually into the grey of the sides. The sides of the body from the fin back as far as the ends of the furrows, is darker gray than that of the sides of the peduncle but shades into it very gradually. From the dorsal fin back to the flukes the slate of the mid-dorsal region extends only about 18 inches onto- dow from the median line shading off them gradually into the light gray of the lower sides. The line of the light grey runs parallel with the axis of the body until at reaching peris when it slants obliquely down and back until it just reaches mid-ventral line at the flukes, but no where excludes the white of the mid-