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Huber ln
1964
Catalog
Field number
30001
Oct 4
At sea
1039 AM
369 Wedgetailed Shearwater
f Ovary 10x6mm h.ovum 1.0mm wt 356+2gms
Specimen given to USNS Shearwater.
Oct 5 At sea
1207 pm
30002
370 Ruddy Turnstone.
mimm. winter pre-alison part of skull wt 110+2gms
iris dark brown, feet and legs orange., bill dark gray
darkening to black at tip, claws black.. much excrement
on undertail coverts. specimen died AFTER LANDING
Aboard ship. (was alive for several hours Aboard ship)
heavy fat. when skinned there was water-like fluid
between skin and muscle of one wing.
30003
Oct 8, 64 At SEA 1513 pm
371 Cooks Petrel - Testes 2x1mm wt 153+2gms.
iris dark brown, bill black, distal foot black,
proximal and legs. bluish flesh., black runs
up outer to c to lg, mouth. living bluish,
claws black , light body molt
30004
Oct 11 Taongi Atoll
372 Bristle thighed curlew ovary 12x5mm wt 447gms
feet and legs bluish gray claws, dark gray bill. lower mandible
flesh color except distal tip which is black. upper
mandible flesh ygray darkening gradually until
black at tip.
30005
373 Black-naped Tern. testes. R 4x4mm wt 99gms
bill, feet, legs and claws black.
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