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Catalog
J.R.Aleom
1942
Hmi. W Fallow, Churchill Co., Nevada Feb. 23, 1942.
3598 ♂ Ring-necked Pheasant. wt. 2 lbs. 10 ½ ozs.
Total length 30 inches; Tail 16 inches; Wing
Spread 29 ½ inches: Testis R. 10 mm, L. 8 mm.
8 mi. NNW Eastgate, SE base Clan Alpine Mts.,
Churchill Co., Nevada Feb. 26, 1942.
stomach only
9:00 A.M Pacific War Time.
3599 ♂ Sage Grouse. wt. 5 lbs. 6 ½ ozs. Much
excessive fat. Bird in Breeding Plumage.
Total length, 29 inches; Tail, 13 inches;
Wing Spread, 38 inches; Crop empty.
Testes were large, L. 12 mm long, R.
16 mm long.
stomach only
3600 ♂ Sage Grouse wt. 4 lbs. 11/oz.
Total length, 26 ½ inches; Tail, 10 inches;
Wing Spread, 37 ½ inches. Crop empty.
Testes about ½ size of no 3599.
Testes L. 10 mm long; R. 11 mm long.
Bird not in breeding plumage.
stomach only
3601 ♀ Sage Grouse. wt. 2 lbs. 13 ½ ozs.
Total length 21 inches, Tail 7¼ inches,
Wing Spread 32 ½ inches.
Ova 20 mm long. Largest ovum 3.5 m
m diameter.
All above three birds from flock of 16