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Smith, J
1988
Catalog
1
JS 100 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Crosser Creek 3.3 mi S of Sagehen Creek Field Station A
Nevada Co., Calif
28 June 1988. Huge cloacal protuberance 7mm
No brood patch, Little Fat. Lots of glandular tissue
surrounding cloacal protuberance. Liver, heart, trachea,
Kidney. Looks like dipteran fly larvae in heart 25mm.
Testos L 10.5 x 7.6mm R 8.5 x 7.5mm. Skin partially skel.
JS 10 1 Crosser Creek 3.3 mi S of Sagehen Field Station, Nevada Co., CA
Melospiza melodia fisheriella 29 June 1988. 20.65g
Cloacal protuberance 6.82mm, No brood patch. Little Fat.
Glandular tissue of protuberance. Liver, heart, muscle
Kidney taken. Crop empty. Testos R 7.87 x 6.98mm
L 9.21 x 6.23 mm. Skin partially skel
JS 10 2 Melospiza melodia fisheriella 29 June 1988. 21.4g
♂, no fat, SK. ossified. Crop empty T L 9.5 x 7.0mm
R 8.5 x 8.1 mm. Tissue taken SK. oss. Skin partially skel.
JS 10 3 Melospiza melodia fisheriella 29 June 1988. 22.0g ♀
Cloacal protuberance 7.53mm. No brood patch. Crop empty.
Testos L 9.73 x 6.20 mm, R 8.51 x 7.09mm. Tissue
Taken. Skin partially skel. Little fat. ?
JS 10 4 M. melodia fisheriella ♀. 29 June 1988. wt. 18.7g. Non-vesicula
brood patch. Ovary 7.6 x 5.5mm largest follicle = 1.7mm. Rotted
with juvenile JS 10 5. Net G, Crosser Creek. No fat. Tissue taken