Fulica, Part 1, v1314
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Fulica americana 155 c13 Univ. Calif. Campus, Alameda Co., Calif.- Have it a good dose of sulfamamide served it up and released it. c14 same locality - All the seced birds seem to be in satisfactory condition this morning. III is still somewhat puffy and sluggish but seemingly improved. WIB seems to be okay, and O shows no indication of a limp. BEW is not as active as some of the unseced birds, but I think that all of them are in condition that will allow survival. c15 same locality - All the birds seem to be in good shape. We BEW, WIB + O will go on Lake Temescal tomorrow or Saturday but IIII will be kept until it is in better shape. It is still somewhat inflated. A bird cought last night at lake Merritt A, very thin; tip of its upper mandible broken so I doubt if it was able to eat very well. Killed it. As it died from ether, its last sign of life was the spreading of the under tail coverts as in times of alarm. Wing (11) and right leg dried. Tectro saved in Bouaro - a smear made from blood of the kidney region - greatly enlarged gall bladder, spleen a deep red, about same color as breast muscle, slightly mottled, bursa probed 35 mm. Cloaca + syrinx saved in alcohol. Carcass turned over to Dr. Kirby for further investigation of