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John Bannister : [Field notebook] : Whale Survey 12/1960 : 1. 152-423 SGG
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FN221
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Dec 1960
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[1960]
Logs of whales taken at Grytviken, South Georgia, primarily fin, sei and sperm whales, with notes on genitalia and foetus' present, and for sperm whales, scarring and stomach contents. Notably, one fin whale specimen was intersex.
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[Logs of whales taken at Grytviken, South Georgia, primarily fin, sei and sperm whales, with notes on genitalia and foetus' present, and for sperm whales, scarring and stomach contents. Notably, one fin whale specimen was intersex.]
B(lue) Normal 70
Human and animal food (65)
F(in) Normal 57 Human and animal food (55)
Sei Normal 49 Human and animal food (35)
S(perm) Normal 38 Human and animal food (35)+
+need not be for human consumption

Point of Upper Jaw
Notch Tail flukes to nearest foot
77-7 to 78-5=78
77-6 = 78
78-6 =79

Whale plan no.
Time at rest[?] on plan :
Time to measure from: to:
Time to flense from: to:
Guts - out at
~ - dealt with
Head off at
~ to bone plan at
dealt w at
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[Table of numbers/coordinates? example R1 188°45' J-1F]
[?]/10
[following two pages with table with following headings |Plan No|Time Up|Species|Length|Sex|Foetus Length|Sex|Catcher's No|Catcher's Name|Time [?]|Date|Remarks| Date given as 1/9, six lines filled in]
[Following page is a table with the following headings |Plan No|SGG|Species|Sex|Length|Diatom film|Parasites|Scars|VB|Mammary Gland/Penis|Ovaries/Testes|Stomach|Baleen|EP|Sexual Maturity| Table covers SGG152-157, specimen notes follow]
Hole in left flipper all A2026
156 MG v deep. Duct large but [?] [?] [?]
Recent lactation? (old CL. Recent?
[page of logs for whales SGG numbers 158-163, additional notes for specimens follow]
158 Round "Bleb" 15cm drain liquid filled distal end one ovary - at just right though C.L. late obv. not!! Collected A2738
161 Earplugs? disintegrated? Very Rotten Whale.
[Scribbled calculations in page corner]
[page of logs for whales SGG numbers 164-169, additional notes for specimens follow]
166 DF nodule[?] ext to throat none on rostrum [?] [?] [?] back!
167 MG ducts small, pale pink. Virgin? See ovaries!
168 D film head back + Rostrum also.
[page of logs for whales SGG numbers 170-173, additional notes for specimens follow]
170 Foetus HO 275cm (9') wt 151kg Add 1/2 [?] to R Barrel[?] (Formula 40)
[Crossed out text]
171 [Crossed out text] Foetal membranes recovered from uterus but no foetus (25cm [?] [?])
*WHALEMARK FOUND on meat plan in back fillet SGG171 female 77! 10736
Baleen Plate not collected not [?]
[page of logs for whales SGG numbers 174-179, additional notes for specimens follow]
177 Foetus female 44cm wt 999gm
179 Foetus female 89cm wt 8 kilos
13/12/60
[log for whale SGG181, additional notes for specimen follow]
Foetus female 172cm 43kg
[page of logs for Sperm whales SGG180 (date 11/12), 182-186 (date 13/12) with following headings |Plan No|SGG No|Species|Sex|Length|Diatom Film|Parasites|Circular Scars|Linear Scars|Mandible Teeth|Maxilla Teeth|Blubber|Penis|Testes|10th Tooth|Mand[?] Section|Colour|Stomach - Squid|Stomach-Fish|Parasites|Notes|, additional notes for specimens follow]
182 Parasite on front of head
183 Body [?] + little wrinkled -young?
[Single log for fin whale SGG187, specimen notes follow]
1. Cloudy, viscid mucus ejected vag op[?] on hanging up + blood Genitals distended, papillae pink/scarlet foetus female 134cms (4'4") 24.6kg
[4 page of logs for sperm whales SGG numbers 188-181, 194-195]
[Sketch of internal fin whale anatomy "guts"]
[7 pages of logs for whales SGG numbers 196-214, Fin and Sei whales, additional logs for Sei whales |Colours etc Back|Colours etc Belly| Extent ventral white patch]
Colour White Patch {Sei -Soft baleen bristles v groove [?] back to umbilicus Bryde - hard baleen bristles v groove back to umbilicus
[2 pages of logs for whales SGG numbers 215-225, additional notes for specimens follow]
*Measured [?] Earplug NOGO [?] harped grey flecks back white flecks belly.
[page of logs for whales SGG numbers 226,229-232 (date 25/12), additional notes for specimens follow]
231 * MG 8 - no milk[?] some blood + fluid. Recently lactating or about to? A2034
231 Foetus HAN 138/23.5kg weighed whole
[page of logs for whales SGG numbers 233-238, additional notes for specimens follow]
[diagram of penis of SGG233] baud/white [?] c 5x2cm 1.
234 Foetus female
237 Heavily pigmented dark grey/ head back, rostrum teal flukes + lower jaw. Purplish belly to just [?] of umbilicus then white/pink for remainder v. grooves
[page of logs for whales SGG numbers 239-243, additional notes for specimens follow]
241 Male - "Lump" c 7x2cm, cylindrical found [?] (dorsal) to bladder -
in? ligamentous tissue (white "cored" in v small central hole) could it be urethra surely[?] too small duct?
[sketch of where lump found]
XIII35 - What compressed air can do!
[12 pages of logs for whales SGG numbers 244-276, additional notes for specimens follow]
[SGG 275] 8 - White patch ventrally chin to mid flip v faint grey cheno[?] on tail [?] slate/black[?]
Heart of Sei SGG 275 male 46 [sketch of heart]
P XM 14 ventral? view. post end.
13 [?] from ant. end
12 Part of ventral? wall R ventricle cutaway [?] "valve [?]"
11 10} ventral wall right [?] removed [?] to show pocket valves (into d aorta)
[?] aul 9x10 cm wide[?], walls 2cm thick
[2 Sketches of heart on following page]
[page of logs for whales SGG numbers 277-282, additional notes for specimens follow]
280 A fine fat female!!
*MG 8cm deep, fresh[?] pink/red w blood. Sample coll. A2032 ?lactating? See Foetus! Foetus 180cm (5'11") male 59 kg
281 *MG - a little yellow oily clear secretion. Recently lactating. Pale pink gland. Foetus HO[?] 337(11')
60+62+63+55+64 (307)
282 tail fluke (left) holes [sketch of tail fluke]
[page of logs for whales SGG numbers 283-288, additional notes for specimens follow]
284 Foetus male 103 (3'4") 10kg
[10 pages of logs for whales SGG numbers 289-321, additional notes for specimens follow]
[SGG 319] Baleen [?] side from [?] c 25-75 white [?] c 50 S. 1/2 +1/2
Lump c 3"x2" ~diaphragm inner surface right SGG 319 S
SGG 321 F ?Male 60'
Genitals deformed Penis? backwards short, stumpy. Photo'd XIV 30-28-
Post. genital groove -> aul[?] [?] = 32cms
Is penis enlarged clitoris? Pos. shape. distall[?] etc say yes. MGs app normal [?] 0+ ext (ie [?])
Internal - Rectum, Bladder - app normal.
Testes present? in apparent internal folds. No ovaries found. No vas. defs.
?Penis tissue [?] clitoris
?Scar tissue [?] side - coll. c1' dorsal of[?] [?] [?] blubber (but similar + same[?] from[?] [?])
[unlabeled sketch of whale anatomy]
[14 pages of logs for whales SGG numbers 354-423]
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