PLATE XIX 



Fig. I . Sei whale. Female. Dorsal view. Removal of a dorsal strip of 

 blubber has begun, exposing the baleen on one side. Owing to the small 

 size of the whale the harpoon has gone right through the body and the 

 head has exploded outside the whale; the barbs are seen on the upper 

 side. 



Fig. 2. Sei whale. A plate of baleen from a Sei whale at Durban. Note 

 the characteristic fine bristles. The white inner margin is abnormal and 

 led to the whale from which this plate was taken being reported as a 

 "Bryde's whale" by the station foreman. 



