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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.