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Figure 28. — Dorsal view of a sei whale on the deck of a whaUng 

 ship in the North Pacific. Note the numerous scars on the body and 

 the otherwise dark gray coloration of the back. {Photo by 

 Japanese Whales Research Irutitute, courtesy of H. Omura. ) 



Figure29.— The right upper jaw of the sei whale stranded at Cape 

 Island. S.C. The baleen plates, here partly buried in the sand, 

 numbering from 318 to 340 per side and uniform dark gray with 

 fine Ughter gray bristles, continue to serve as identifying 

 characteristics even on a badly decomposed specimen. [Photo by 

 J. G. Mead.) 



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