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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.