4. 20 p. m. 89 No.23 Finback ♀ June 11/10 Aikawa a grayish band (fairly strongly marked) about 3 inches wide, curves upward then downward from ear to eye; about ear this grayish area its under (blubber) cut just back of ear) (Ear is a narrow slit semi-long - longer than usual). Out of the post. corner of its ear a whitish band 1/2 inch wide runs backward. Left flumes very dark gray. The general color of whole is very light. The two narrow gray points which ex- tend forward to anes below are strongly marked. Fin. Below has distal half all gray - 2 darker gray bands marking the course of the 3rd & of its digits come from tip a little more than [illegible] way to base of middle of fin. The posterior gray margins extends in a sweep across base almost to anterior edge - anterior edge is delicate flesh pink above all blue gray. The tip of the left fin has been "chewed". cl7 shows teeth marks very distinctly. cl7 looks as tho a Killer had caught hold of its tip & the whale had pulled it out of his mouth, "shredding" the whole tip. She could not have been done by sharks. Balena Breets of whole become row (except white parts) have gray tips, this becoming of greater extent