[Journals], 1908-1912
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199 Formalin preparations 1 Sertis showing hair from tip of genas 2 " " " " mandibular symphyses 3 " " from lungs str near propenal end glott 4 " " Testes about 2/3 way toward distal end and of erect side of Osteis. 5- Eye from B. glacieces 6 Cornified layers of skin off side of second 7 Barnacles from Humpback taken at summer IV. 1911 10 Heart 11 Stomach 12 Barnacle { Gray whole 13 Eye of Humpback no. 29 ♀ 14 Hairs from mandibular symphyses of foetus no 30 male. June 18 Gray whale D's 42'-41'-38' did not measure. Wilson killed one gray whale ♀ 49 ft long & one ♀ 47, the largest he has seen killed or seen. Aosaki = bluber red. Shirosaki = " white } Kinds of gray whale that Kokujira = Kohu kujira } Japanese navigators B. davidsoni Capt Wilson tells me that he has seen many B. davidsoni in the Japan sea in winter near Oemser, at Poughl or Bay, Korea, & a few in Kuriles in summer. Never any where else.