Alaska Catalogue and Journal, v4423
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De Benedick's 1966 Catalogue - 1 Alaska Heade River Coal Mine, 157°25' W, 70°21' N. 21 May 1966 (pickup, possibly carried to this locality by another) ♂ OHMZ skeleton 435 ad. sk. Oenanthe oenanthe 19.7 gm. no fat. testis 6x7 hot shot; Wing 102 mm (obird), tail 58 mm. (one leg broken) 22 May 1966 ♂ OHMZ skett + crop. 436 ♂ ad sh Lagopus lagopus 686 gm. mod fat tester 6518 mm mott head, neck upper tail coad crop. 21.9ms. 23 May 1966 ♂ Lagopus lagopus 598 gm. no fat testis 15/16 heavy head molt, no body molt. Head, neck, brown, body white; crop contents: leaves (mostly Dryas) (grem). ♂ Lagopus lagopus 720 gm. little fat (cervical tract), testis 1548 mm. moderate head and neck molt [Healy]. Head neck brown, incomplete on face. rest plumage white; crop contents 75% grem Dryas 1vs., 20% willow buds, cet miss. 1vs. ♀ Lagopus lagopus 569 gm. little fat, worth cervical tract. largest Ova 5,5,4 mm lid. Head with 1/8 brown feathers. moderate molt head, neck, scapular tracts, crop content Dryas leaves (about 25 1vs only). ♀ Lagopus lagopus. 548 gm. little fat; largest Ova 4,4,4,4 mm, head neck, balec. [illegible] moderate molt, head, cervical, scapular and vertebral tracts; crop empty. These birds eaten for clammy. Very good but tough.