Fulica, Part 1, v1314
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Fulica americana 181 'm 28 Univ. Calif. Campus, Alameda Co., Calif. green and purple cabbage, carrot tops and grass, so far only the lettuce has drawn interest. So far the several birds have shown little interest in feeding, they may all be satisfied, there was very little left of the foods I put in the last time. Even the soft yellow cucumber like squash was cleared up. All except the rind. The celery stalks and some purple cabbage eles remained behind. 16-first of birds taken yesterday at Gray Lodge Refuge-syrinx, cloaca saved in alchol?, caeca, spleen and teolis saved in Bovins. Caeca contained a white food mass, undergoing digestion. Huge gizzard 80 x 40 mm., small cavity of food, about 75% of stomach contents got. Mrs. Voge has found flukes in syringel and Mass pharyngeal areas. 17-?, with wrinkled foetal shield, found 7 large Monostome flukes in the area corsal and ? ventral to the heart. Saved. Syrinx, cloaca in alcohol, ovary in Bovins. Couldnt find a bursa during dissection- Caeca filled with white and green material. This bird, like the forme, is in good shape. Full breast and some fat in mesenteries etc. No fat under skin on either bird however. Also a large.