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MR. f^HJAN OLSEN OX 



Male. 



Fetnale. 



Total length j 



Tip of snout to anterior end of eye 



,. „ angle of mouth 



,, ,, anterior end of dorsal fin . 



„ „ blowholes 



„ ,, flippers (anterior margin).! 



From notch of flukes to vent ! 



„ „ vulva or penis . . . ] 



Length of flipper j 



Crreatest breadth of flipper I 



Breadth of flipper at its base ; 



Vertical height of dorsal fin 



Length of dorsal fin at its base 



Diameter of eye 



Length of eye-opening 



Length of blowholes 



Distance between the anterior end ofi 



blowholes 



„ „ posterior end ofl 



blowholes 



Length of anus ! 



Length of penis or vulva 



Diameter of penis at its base 



Number of furrows between the flippers... 



Distance from penis to the umbilicus 



From tip of lower jaw to anterior margin 



of umbilicus j 



Diameter of the umbilicus j 



Breadth of tail-flakes at their base 



Distance between the tips of flukes 



Distance from notch of flukes to tip of 



flukes 



Breadth of the body at the flippers 



Height of the body at base of flippers 



„ ,, at tip of flippers 



,, „ at the eyes 



„ ,, at the dorsal fin 



„ „ at the tail, just in 

 front of flukes 



everywhere on the under side. The change from the dark to 

 the light colour along the sides was gradual, and no definite 

 outline could be seen. There was a more greyish area just 

 behind the eyes on each side. 



No baleen was to be seen on the smaller foetus, and the whole 

 body was of a homogeneous, reddish brown colour. 



Abnormal Specimens. 



A large female specimen with a total length of 14'95 metres, 

 captured in Durban, November 15th, 1912, was very like the 

 fin-whale in colour, for the flippers were white below and the 

 colour asymmetrical as it is in the fin-whale. The lower jaw and 

 the distal part of the upper jftw were white on the right side, while 

 those parts on the left side were bluish black. On the right 

 side there was also a greater number of white baleen-plates than 



