Field notes, v635
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Catalog Douglas A Bell 172236 087 Species: Larus occidentalis Location: Coos Bay near Coos Head, Coos County, OREGON date: June 12, 1986 Sex: ♀ L. ovary w/ ~25 ova > 2 mm &. weight: 910 g heavy fat wing length: left: right: 40.02 cm primary length: 10: 28.4 cm 9: 29.0 cm 8: 28.3 cm 7: 27.0 cm 6: 25.04 cm 5: 23.3 cm tail length: 15.08 cm arsus: right: 5.50 cm rt. middle toe: 5.57 cm head length: 11.94 cm bill length: 5.68 cm " post. m.: 3.80 cm bill width: 1.21 cm bill depth groups: 1.93 cm " aut. m: 2.01 cm " post. m: 1.86 cm brood patches: 3 bill, eye ring color: orange yellow irides: very little pigment, straw yellow leg: fleshy pink remarks: tissue taken out 5 hrs after birds were shot, stored on ice. Stomach contained < 30 small fish vertebrae, small (2 mm)