. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. EXTERNAL CHARACTERS OF FIN WHALES 359 Number of ventral grooves Males Females S. Georgia S. Africa S. Georgia S. Africa 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100 lOO-IIO 110-120 I 10 7 4 3 2 3 3 5 12 8 6 3 I 10 2 Total 25 8 34 13 Average Maximum Minimum 84 106 68 85 94 76 91 114 72 85 98 78 grooves do not show a very marked apex to the grooved area. The endings of the grooves are shown in Plate XXXIII, figs, i and 3. Other ilkistrations of the ventral grooves of Fin whales are Plate XXXII, fig. 2, and Plate XXXI
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. EXTERNAL CHARACTERS OF FIN WHALES 359 Number of ventral grooves Males Females S. Georgia S. Africa S. Georgia S. Africa 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100 lOO-IIO 110-120 I 10 7 4 3 2 3 3 5 12 8 6 3 I 10 2 Total 25 8 34 13 Average Maximum Minimum 84 106 68 85 94 76 91 114 72 85 98 78 grooves do not show a very marked apex to the grooved area. The endings of the grooves are shown in Plate XXXIII, figs, i and 3. Other ilkistrations of the ventral grooves of Fin whales are Plate XXXII, fig. 2, and Plate XXXIV, fig. i. As in Blue whales there are some small extra grooves on each side of the reproductive aperture of the female. Examples of these are illustrated in Fig. 98. 66 67 137 144 61 « • 61 151 169 Fig. 99. Diagrams showing different arrangement of the hairs on the chin of eight and the rostrum of one Fin whale. The beard in each case is sketched from a position immediately in front of the mouth and the rostral hairs from a dorsal aspect. The numbers refer to individual Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great Britain); National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain; Great Britain. Colonial Office. Discovery Committee. London ; New York : Cambridge University Press
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