[Journals], 1908-1912
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19 w09 ♀ Gray whale Jan 10/12 Murray Korea sides to fin and the peduncle blecked with light gray fairly regular but quite- not so many are the tubercles as on the sides - Ventral region almost plain. w01 - 38' ?? 12 - 225 4 - 365 ? 19 - 20 6 - 323 0 135 w10 ♀ Gray whale Jan 10/12 Murray Korea A dark whal. Tubercles black with few white circles and spots on sides - dorsal & ventral ridges plain. From anus forward on sides there are a good many large, gray oval & oblong patches. Sides thickly studded with barraeles. On either side of dorsal "hump," are patches of light gray, almost white and a large white spot on right, white edge light gray patch just anterior to penis. Sides & flukes plain dark - almost red lighter color Flukes Black above below & are for a few white circles the distal half of posterior edge all white - posterior edge at thickest near root, is 1" thick & at thickest (a short distance frome distal end) is 2" thick. Fin Fins Above black with only one white spot Two, each 1 65 long. The finmer lie each side of center line of throat. A line drawn from the mammillear hypophysis down the throat would go directly between them,