Fulica, Part 1, v1314
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Fulica americana 234 No. 17 Univ. Oakl. Campus, Alameda Co., Calif. -The shape of Class 3. Wt - 599 grams, LG/Br - photographed black & white and color. Shield about flat, no indication of estrogen pellet, so a testosterone pellet under the skin. Legs green. Temp mild, little struggling and little pecking. Wt - 486gms. Yellow green just above keel. Shield very SS just over class 8 (9x7mm). P/LG- old tags placed on silvered pin, methods. When pin tore out is a good scar, no feathers. Shield 3 SS, weight 48/gms. Photographed P/LG²⁷⁰ Also rephoto- graphed LG/Br. Bird formerly marked BLY retagged Br. Legs green, shield 7SS, wt. 412gms. Xw - photographed, BW & color. Estrogen pellet found and removed. Shield a little swollen from last time, barely into the SS classification, shape and size - 8 . Wt 348 grams, legs green. Died from too much ether. CE/5 - photographed BW & color. Shield 9SS. A lump of skin removed that might have contained a pellet of testosterone but I doubt it - put three small particles of estrogen under the skin. Green legs, don't want to change this bird so no weight. Wt - 404 grams. Bird formerly tagged [illegible] retagged O- photographed in BW and color. A large testosterone pellet placed under skin to rear of incision. Shield 1 SS, legs green.