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Fulica americana
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'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.