Galapagos field notes, v579
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Dr Baudouin 1964 Catalogue Drake's Beach County Park, Pt Reyes, Marin Co., Calif. Oct. 1, 1964 (collected by Rich W. Stallop) 27 ♀ (imm sh.) Dendroice palmana 10.9 gm. heavy fat ovary minute Muddy Hollow, 2.7 mi. W, 0.8 mi. S Inverness Park, Marin Co., Calif. Oct. 1, 1964 (collected by R.W. Stallop) 28 ♂ (imm sk.) Dendroica striata 16.3 gm extremely fat testes in life. The bird was in poor condition and the gonads soft even under a 15x dissecting scope. Only one gonad, on the left side, could be found, but this was round, event-textured, unlike every . The right gonad and adrenal were missing indicating damage to this side of the body. 3.0 gm of hard, greasy, white subcutaneous fat were scooped off the skin; all fat on other birds was yellow. Since there was deleimal fat on the skin + in the body cavity, the bird must have been about 25% fat by wt. -the fattest bird I have yet handled. isolated grassy pond at N. end Bolinas lagoon, Marin Co., Calif. Oct. 6, 1964 429 ♀ Erolia bairdii 37.4gm. little fat ovary inactive some body molt towards head + lesser wing coverts. skirt