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July
1949
Fulica americana
157
Dec 16 Ulmiz Calif. Campus, Alameda Co., Calif. -
S/B replaced with V/8 - bursa 22 mm.
under wing coverts M2, bill decidedly
immature, gray tips to belly feathers
but not much on breast feathers
more on neck feathers. Y/G -
gray tips on crissum, belly, breast
& neck feathers, under wing coverts M1,
bursa 30 mm., bill very immature with
gray outer portion, eye heavily flocked
with green, legs green. S/B - few but
not many gray tips on belly feathers,
very few white tips on crissum, bursa
15 mm., under wing coverts M2. G/S -
under wing coverts M1, legs G., bill
definitely immature, gray tips on
breast & belly feathers, but not on
crissum. bursa 28 mm. O/- incision
on way to healing - under wing coverts M,
light tips on belly feathers, and lower
breast feathers, some on crissum.
legs yellow-green, bill slightly
swollen, bursa 30 mm., weight
523 grams. B/W/ - under wing coverts
M1, - some white tips on belly feathers,
no white tips on crissum, bill *
typically immature, bursa 20 mm.
weight 493 grams. III - tag replaced
with V/S - under wing coverts M1, no
white tips on crissum, few white
tips on belly, bill not too adult
like, but wrinkled as tho down
from an inflated condition - legs
yellow-brown - bursa 10 mm.,