Catalog Douglas A. Bell 172299 076 Larus occidentalis ♂ SKELETON + at Cape Mendocino June 5 1986, Sugarloaf Rock, Humboldt Co., CA LFT WING wt (wet): 1500g, heavy fat 3 brood patches wing length: 43.4 cm primary length: #10- 29.4 cm #9 - 30.04 cm #8 - 30.05 cm #7 - 27.8 cm #6 - 26.0 cm #5 - 24.8 cm tail length: 16.4 cm right tarsus: 6.3 cm head length: 13.5 cm bill length: 6.36 cm bill length post. u.: 3.79 cm " width: 1.88 cm " depth gouys: 2.14 cm " ant. u.: 2.14 cm " post. u.: 2.06 cm Bird drifted dead in the water for 2 hrs before washed on the beach. left testicle: 1.8 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm Rt. testicle: 0.85 x 1.20 cm (after freezing) bills eyeing color: Orange yellow 18 Irides: straw yellow 56 w/ burntumber pigment evenly thin over lower half. Feet: Fleshly pink. 5 Remarks: stomach has some fish scales, ribs (shot- <2cm long + a few stones