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172239
090
SKELETON +
RT. WING
Catalog
Douglas A Bell
Species: Larus occidentalis
Location: Coos Bay or Coos Head
Coos Co., Oregon
date: June 12, 1986
sex:
Left Test: 1.52 x 1.10 x 1.0 cm
R. Test: 1.10 x 0.95 x 0.75 cm
weight: 1200g Moderate fat
wing length: right: 41.8 cm
primary length: 10: 28.8 cm
9: 28.9 cm
8: 28.7 cm
7: 27.4 cm
6: 25.05 cm
5: 23.6 cm
tail length: 16.0 cm
tarsus: left: 6.50 cm Left middle toe 6.10 cm
head length: 12.72 cm
bill length: 5.84 cm
" post. n: 4.16 cm
bill width: 1.33 cm
bill depth groups: 1.95 cm
" aut. m.: 1.95 cm
" post. n.: 1.93 cm
brood patches: 3 small, re feathering
bill, eye ring color: orange yellow
irides: very little pigment, straw yellow
leg: fleshy pink
Remarks: - 5 hrs on ice before taking tissue.
Stomach empty except for 3 small fish ribs + 2 otoliths,
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