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No. 23 Gray Whale ♂ Jan. 24/12 Musan
A light whale - Head, lips, jaws
mostly light gray with flecks of
white - much light gray on its
sides of its body in small patches
bars darker w flecks. Peduncle
with small light gray markings on
sides - dorsal surface plain - ventral
surface has a few what illegible,
white lines like scratches.
2 garrow.
9 circulations including hump.
No. 1 - 1235 No. 15 - 22 No. 22 - 170
" 2 - 225 " 19 - 80 " 24 - 951
" 3 - 210 " 20 - 150 " 31 - 200
" 6 - 365 " 21 - 235 " 32 - 42
Blisters of baleen are gray in past half.
Ant. half yellowish white.
No 24 Orcas orca ♀ Feb. 1/12 Musan, Korea
Time was not given to get a detail
description of the markings of this
whale but I examined it as carefully
as possible when being cut up and
could see no difference between it
to the Orcas taken at Oshing 1 The
general pattern of the white below
was the same, there was the white
spot behind its eye, and the large
gray patch just behind the dorsal,