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Fulica americana 532
June 28 Univ. Calif. famous Alameda Cs. Pakif.
PL6 - shield photographed BW, shield
8 x 13 mm, shape of class 11, SS. Legs
YG, no molt, partly temped.
Bursa about 22 mm - tags not on
as securely as could be wished for.
T96 - Shield photographed in BW,
shield 7x9 mm, shape of class 8, F. legs
YG, no tags, no molt, Bursa-15 mm.
a very mild tempered bird, T99-shield
photo BW, size class 10 SS, legs
GY, moderate temper, no molt,
bursa 16 mm, notag. VG-
weight 444 gms, shield photo. BW
condition 4 F, Bursa ? mm taken
before removal, legs Y. (Bursa couldn't be
probed) Shield and testes in Bovins.
Testes about 10 mm long, hence
not greatly enlarged. Bursa very
short, little more than the pocket
present, probed is 10 mm. X-YR-
shield photo BW, class 4 S
weight 371 grams, Bursa in place
28 mm, legs YG, no sign of
eutrogen pellet under skin, frontal
shield and tongue in Bovins. Clary
with several small but well defined
follicles, one possible corpora
lutea. Follicles larger than in
any other bird live handled in Boim
Bursa on this bird 30 mm long,
white and flabby, nearly as
large as any live worked with.
Filed it in Bovins.