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ANEITYUM $1.
40
SUNDAY, 1st AUGUST, 1937.
Fine sunny. (after rain)
SK546 ACCIPITER FAS. VIG.
♀ ½ - oocytes visible in gonad.
30ft
Shot 6 A.M. after sunrise, perched on old nesting tree, banyan, 12[illegible] in coastal scrub,
(few coconut or native fruit trees), near edge of grassland of foot hills, ½ mile inland, 450 ASL.
Coastal flats inland from Port Patrick. North side of island. Has large flying Nuth
Nuttall's?
Specimen very fat. Has intestinal parasite two white worms. Due to fine hunting.
Iris: yellowish green with dark outer ring. Eye lid yellowish
Beak black horn, bluish horn trace edges of mandible, facial black, cere yellowish green.
Legs + feet: bright yellow with very faint faint touch green in toes smaller pads bright
yellow, claws black horn.
TOT. 417. W 5760 . BL 130 W 265 TL 178.
Weight 14 ¾ ozs close enough?
MOULT W.R. 1-5. Great Vagus A.
Vagus M
L-1-5.
ditto.
TL all. apicoro R. 4,5,6, 2,3,1. L 4,5,6, 2,3,1.
all uppers c fore crown M
belly all underw M, flank c, shanks M, chest M, flitch chin M, all underw M,
black thin pale
ABR W/N. TL/5.
SKM ♀ empty.
SKL thin quick
Nature name IN ME EK WAP.