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1. GULLION
750
Fulica americana
471
June 3 Univ. Calif. Campus, Alameda Co., Calif.
a little more swollen, can't tell for sure.
legs yellowish green. Shield class 10
S. Shield well defined around its
lower edge. V6 - photographed
shield from dorsal side, is almost flat,
shape of class 5 but 10 x 7 mm in
size. Legs yellow. Scaling. G-16/29 -
frontal view photographed, shield 9SS,
a recession. (1G), leg Y, shield 10SS,
irregular on lower edge. G-16/29 has a
shield that is fairly well defined on the
lower edge. WB - shield 10S, leg YG,
the safety pin was bent that was
on her. Apparently something latched
on to it so hard that it bent but did not
tear out. It was close enough
that I removed it. Setting her go
pin-less in the courtyard. Somehow
she seems to have lost most of the
feathers from the back of her head.
Put equal amounts of carrot tops
and lettuce leaves on the wet rack
and on the ground. Also a cantalope
on the ground which seems highly
popular. Also put a few turnip
leaves on the wet racks.
note: Photographed a plate from:
Grimwold, H.
1917. Illustrations of the game birds
and waterfowl of South America.
(London, John Weldon and Co.), 38 plates,
11 pp, 38 color plates.
#24, Fulica gigantea, Gigantic Coot.