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Catalog
Douglas A. Bell
17238
089
Skeleton &
Rt Wing
Species: Larus occidentalis
Location: Coos Bay, nr Coos Head, Coos Co., Oregon
date: June 12, 1986
sex: ? testes seen, but destroyed.
weight: 1200g Heavy fat
wing length: left: 42.7 cm
primary length: #10: 29.3 cm
9: 29.3 cm
8: 29.3 cm
7: 27.2 cm
6: 26.0 cm
5: 23.9 cm
tail length: 15.09 cm
tarsus: right: 6.56 cm Rt. middle toe: 6.32 cm
head length: 13.22 cm
bill length: 6.00 cm
" post. m.: 3.85cm
bill width: 1.43cm
bill depth, goups: 2.25 cm
" ant.m.: 2.23 cm
" post. m.: 2.15 cm
breed patches: 3 (3rd refeathering)
bill, eyerig color: orange yellow
irides: moderate pigm. in low. half, straw-yellow
leg: fleshy pink
Remains: 5 hrs on ice before tissue samples
were taken. Stomach contains "meat", numerous fish
vertebrae, ribs, otoliths (round).