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John Bannister : [Field notebook] : Whale Survey 02/1961 : 1. 424-796 SGG
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FN222
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Feb-Mar 1961
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[95] p. ; 17 cm.
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[1961]
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.
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Archives
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[Third volume of whale observation logs taken at Grytviken, South Georgia Island. Species observed are primarily Fin and Sei whales and some Sperm Whales.]
[Page with table with following headings |Plan No| SGG No| Species| Length| Sex| Diatom Film|
Parasites| Scars| Blubber| VB| Mammary Glands/Penis| Ovaries/Testes| Baleen| Ear Plugs| Stomach| Sexual Maturity| Notes. Table covers SGG 424-427, specimen notes follow]
[SGG 424] ? + (tho' short for this!)
[SGG 425] Small "bleb" + lesions lung coll. (+ Path.?) (Gut [?] [?])
[SGG 426] PXVIII 20-18 incl[?]
[following page has labeled sketches of SGG425 nodules and lesions along lungs]
[3 pages of logs for SGG No 428-437, specimen notes follow]
[SGG 425] Uterus O slightly [?] but no [?] foetus - no membrane little oyster sauce cloudy fluid.
[SGG 432] !! VB [?]
[Page left blank]
[2 pages of logs for SGG No 438-442, specimen notes follow]
[SGG 442] [?] [?] (portion) (EP in 2 bits) GF + EAM all coll. one small bottle SGG 442 { EP strangely disfigured with small surface "lumps" (nodules) Glove finger pitted EAM app. normal.
[11 pages of logs for SGG No 443-550, specimen notes follow]
[SGG 444] Female 261 166kg [?] 1kg
[SGG 449] Fish from baleen plates - 6cm Herring like
(from Hotvedt[?], some rather [?] doubtful but centering from this whale (SGG 448))
450-454 [?] [?] - Supper @ Bouchs'[?]!
[SGG 455] Foetus female 134 21kg
[SGG 457] Foetus Ho[?] 265 8263,38 1834
[SGG 464] no observations immature
[SGG 469] [testes] 27,10,6 (Imm. !) 1kg
[SGG 470] Imm. Short
[SGG 477] 14/2/61
[SGG 479] Harp'ed [?]
[SGG 480] alter[?] for specimens
[SGG 483] Foetus male 227 36+60=97
[SGG 491] SHORT WHALE
[SGG 494] SHORT WHALE
[SGG 495] Imm. } 65
[SGG 496] Imm. } 54
[SGG 497] Foetus HO[?] 4'8" 144cm
[SGG 546] Foetus HO: 105cm 11.8kg
[SGG 547] S MG A2039 some yellow oily fluid in duct ? recent lactating ?
[SGG 548] Foetus HO 269 (8'9")
[SGG 549] Foetus HO 265 (8'7")
[SGG 550] too small ?+ -?- uterus virgin small SA2812
23/2 - 1st 2 up (0505 onwards) -
[page of logs for SGG No 551-555 (sperm whales see below for table headings), specimen notes follow]
550 - remain skeleton + macerated [?] 1 fish - 2 sections verteb. coll. total 45cms, [?] bones, vertebrae etc.
556 |S |Male |47'| -no obs- lunch!
[2 pages of logs for SGG 551-563- Sperm whales with different headings |Plan no|SGG No| Species| Sex| Length| Diatom Film| Parasites| Circular Scarring| Straight Scarring| Upper Teeth | Lower Teeth| Blubber| Penis| Testes| 10th tooth|[?]|Stomach- Squid|Fish|Parasites| Sexual Maturity| Notes]
[SGG 563] [Ear plugs] <--- v small (<1cm) + wafer thin (so [?] is temporary)
[SGG 565] WART (warty ext. to EP)
[SGG 566] 5cm diametrex3cm "lump" left MG c 10cm out to nipple
[SGG 567] 46 yet - !
[SGG 568] Foetus male no wt 315cm
[SGG 569] MG --> thin - recently lact.? (+ well dev MG) No Foetus - recently lact Length ?44!
[SGG 571] --no obs-- (ref!) Penis c 1 3/4
[SGG 573] Foetus male 272 no wt
[page left blank]
[8 pages of logs for SGG No 576-577, specimen notes follow]
[SGG 577] Foetus HAN(?) 334cms
[SGG 579] 2 Penella in one hole! (1m / left eye) Foetus male 260 v decayed[?]
[SGG 581] Foetus HO 326cm
[SGG 583] MG Bright Red, spongy[?], recently lact?
[SGG 584] Foetus HO 258
[SGG 585] [MG] (* spongy [?] blood about to lact.?) Foetus HO 370
(A2042(2042) 2 Penella in same hole)
[SGG 588] Foetus 330 male
[SGG 589] Uterus virgin
[SGG 590] [EP] poor specimen
[SGG 591] [EP] <-- EP 26cm long!!
[SGG 592] + (from testes anyway!)
[SGG 594] v elongate testes for Sei?
[SGG 596] 1 unhealed scar - from CP, SA2043
[SGG 597] [EP] Disint. on dissecting out (Short)
[SGG 598] (Short)
[SGG 599] foetus male 309 (10'1")
[SGG 603] Small [?] pale yellow oil in ducts MG. foetus male 266 (8"8')
[SGG 604] Vag papillae [?] scarlet (MG virgin looking) (?on heat?) (prob def virgin)
[SGG 606] MG spongy purplish SA2044 ?about to lact.? SA2044 foetus HO 263
[SGG 607] Vag papillae protruding + purple/scarlet Foetus HO227 37,36,26
[SGG 609] Papillae Purple/scarlet protruding. 234 female Foetus
[SGG 614] Nipple protr.[?] from Mam. groove[?]. PXXI 35
[SGG 615] --no obs--
All from 498 to 614[5] one less than they should be ie: 499 should =500 + 614 " " 615 [note: numbers transcribed above were Bannister's ink corrections reflecting this note]
[page left blank]
[18 pages of logs for SGG no 616-717, specimen notes follow]
[SGG 616] } no obs--
[SGG 617] } no obs--
[SGG 619] Foetus female 318 no wt decomp
[SGG 620] spongy, pink [crossed out]about to[crossed out] recent lact.? NO milk some blood suffusion[?]
[SGG 623] Chewed k in gullet (some[?] with head off)
[SGG 624] Tongue is fuller[?] distal edge - PXX1 23
[SGG 625] no obs but def[?] + penis 1 3/4 metres
[SGG 626] SEI
[SGG 627] no obs---
[SGG 630] foetus HO103 deliv. on plant 11.8kg
[SGG 632] Foetus HAW 303
[SGG 633] [Earplug] --- disappeared!
[SGG 635] Milk in ducts gland spongy, pink where cut, blood.
[SGG 636] No foetus found uterus damaged (large) Lost[?] [?]?
[SGG 638] [Earplug] Whole original specimen 33 cm long!
[SGG 642] [Earplug] --disappeared v Bad Whale
[SGG 643] [Earplug] disappeared!
[SGG 644] --no ob v decomp -- [Earplug] -- disapp!
[SGG 645] --no ob v decomp
[SGG 646] --no ob v decomp
[SGG 653] Vag. pap. scarlet protr. [?] hanged ~ [?] 65' yet +? [note: + shorthand table notation for sexually mature]
654 to 657 incl. not examined (early am. 12/3)
[SGG 660] [Earplug] 2 poor specimens
[SGG 664] TS Trachea oesoph. A2047 (att. to dorsal surface)
[SGG 671] --no obs--
[SGG 675] Foetus HO135
[SGG 678] red healed harpoon scar left dorsal CP 35 at surface narrowing to 23, 30 deep [sketch of harpoon scar]
[SGG 679] [Earplug] 2 poor specimen
[SGG 682] foetus HAN 304 62+1.16+54 (incl. 0.3) 235
[SGG 684] Section of lump ("topped") coll. SA2048 [sketch of protruding lump]
[SGG 685] "Lump" on snout end [?] ([?]) [sketch of lump with measurements] PXX1 (17)
[SGG 688] 2 chains to haul up! (P13)
[SGG 692] Foetus (decomp) 335 HO [?]
693 Sei 694 Sei 695 Sei 696 Sei 697 Sei 698 F 699 F 700 F 701 F 702 F 703 F 704 F - EP} no exam! unfit[?] [?] etc!
[SGG 705] End or beginning of lact.? Not recorded.
[SGG 708] SHORT
[SGG 709] "fat specimen"!
[SGG 715] foetus HAN 364cm no wt.
Hist[?] sections Sei
Palate [tick] Tongue [tick] Heart [crossed out] Lung [tick] Liver [tick] Stomach [tick] Spleen [tick] Intestine (large) (small) [crossed out] Diaphragm [crossed out] Kidney [tick] Vas def [crossed out] Tendons in CP [crossed out] MG + underlying musculature Nerves? [tick] [?] could be in cervical region, Belly Blub. + underlying musc. BVS[crossed out] Uterus
[scribbled table for SGG 718, notes on SGG 719 follow]
719 Fin female 74' v fat but decomp! (v old @ least 4 days) 12 [Blubber thickness] (obv. pregnant - foetus prob >10' skel. remains found)
[page of logs SGG 729 -732, Sperm Whale headings, specimen notes follow]
[SGG 729] O Scars few small head Mod l flank c 5cm
[page left blank]
[5 pages of logs for SGG no 733-773, specimen notes follow]
[SGG 733] [Mammary glands]* Some [?] oily liquid in below duct. Foetus HO 315 88,109,50 =250 ([?] 3)
[SGG 735] Uterus filled w cloudy fluid
[SGG 737] Genitals distended papi scarlet Foetus male 389 83, 135, 150 133!
[SGG 738] Foetus male 396 80, 135, 88 85. [?] [?] than above.
[SGG 739] [stomach contents] 2 samples from [?] A + B ([?])
[SGG 740] Samples (2) as above A + B [?]
[SGG 741] Foetus HAN 59kg 186
[743] to 752 inclusive no examination (nights!) (747: F 71' Pregnant foetus 270 HO) - 752 EP 2 specimens 71, 78, 107, 98 Ovaries ICLSWSW SA2848 Foetus HO358
[SGG 753] Foetus HAN 326 no wt decomp
[SGG 754] Foetus HO 306, 84, 160 cm
[SGG 755] foetus 0
[SGG 756] Foetus HAN 377cm 103,96, 151, 103
[SGG 759] Foetus 81kgs 210cm HO
[SGG 763] [ear plug] shattered by harp Foetus male 420cm (13'8") 127 86 68 73 93 130 60
[SGG 770] --no obs but immature--
[SGG 773] not exam
Heart SGG 770 - wt empty 75kgs Length 70cm greatest width 85cm Depth 38cm 2 samples taken (1) L.S. left (layst[?]) ventricle (nice valve from auricle)
(2) LS R. ventricle [?] onto wall showing structure [?] bit of auricle [sketch of heart long sections taken] A2 }Tied together A2051
[Page with table of single whale observation SGG no not given]
Anat - Eye Ducts Liver Heart valves Rep. syst. Exer. system Brain?
Scan Cp "[?] [?]"
Hist. - Palate Tongue [?] Kidney Heart Lung Diaphragm
[?] no samples late - See Coll. Log Book!
[25 pages left blank]
[sketch of unknown circular object with measurements given]
[rough sketch of whales and humanoid[?] figure]
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